List of German submarines (1935–1945) / U 751 – U 1000

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German submarines (1935–1945): U 1 – U 250 | U 251 – U 500 | U 501 – U 750 | U 751 - U 1000 | U 1001-U 1250 | U 1251-U 1500 | U 1501-U 4870

This list deals exclusively with the German submarines U 751 to U 1000 of the Second World War from 1935 to 1945. Crew lists of German submarines can be found in the Historical Marine Archive . See therefore also: List of U-Boat Classes , List of German U-Boat Classes , List of German U-Boats (1906–1919) , List of Submarines of the Bundeswehr , List of U-Boats seized or captured by Germany .

Möltenort submarine memorial on the Kiel Fjord near Heikendorf

Legend

on the fate of the submarines (reference date May 8, 1945).

  • † = destroyed by enemy action
  • ? = missing in action
  • § = raised, captured or captured by the enemy
  • × = accident or sunk yourself
  • A = Decommissioned (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

U 751-U 800

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 751 VII C Jan. 31, 1941 July 17, 1942 † 7 patrols; 5 ships with a total of 21,412 GRT and the auxiliary aircraft carrier HMS Audacity with 11,000 t sunk; 1 ship damaged. Northwest Cape Ortegal at position 45 ° 14 ′  N , 12 ° 22 ′  W by depth charges from British Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Avro Lancaster (Sqdn. 61 / F & 502 / H) sunk (48 dead)
U 752 VII C May 24, 1941 May 23, 1943 † 7 patrols, 6 ships with a total of 32,358 GRT, 2 auxiliary warships with a total of 1,134 GRT sunk. 1 ship with 4,799 GRT damaged. Sunk with rockets in the North Atlantic at position 51 ° 40 ′  N , 29 ° 49 ′  W by a Fairey Swordfish (FAA-Sqdn. 819) of the British escort carrier HMS Archer . (29 dead, 17 survivors)
U 753 VII C June 18, 1941 May 13, 1943 † 7 patrols, 3 ships with a total of 23,117 GRT sunk, 2 ships with a total of 6,908 GRT damaged. In the North Atlantic on the position of 48 ° 37 '  N , 22 ° 39'  W with water bombs Canadian Corvette HMCS Dumheller , the British frigate HMS Lagan and a Canadian Sunderland - flying boat (. RCAF Sqdn 423 / G) sunk (47 deaths, total loss)
U 754 VII C Aug 28, 1941 July 31, 1942 † 3 enemy voyages, 13 ships with a total of 55,659 GRT sunk, 1 ship with 490 GRT damaged. North of Boston at position 43 ° 2 ′  N , 64 ° 52 ′  W sunk by a Canadian Lockheed PBO-1 Hudson aircraft (43 dead, total loss)
U 755 VII C 0Nov 3, 1941 May 28, 1943 † 5 patrols, 1 ship with 928 GRT and 2 auxiliary warships with a total of 2,974 GRT sunk. In the Mediterranean northwest Mallorca in position 39 ° 58 '  N , 1 ° 41'  O missile a British Lockheed PBO-1 Hudson sunk (40 dead, 9 survivors)
U 756 VII C Dec 30, 1941 0Sep 1 1942 † 1 patrol, no successes. Sunk in the North Atlantic at 57 ° 41 ′  N , 31 ° 30 ′  W by the Canadian corvette HMCS Morden (43 dead, total loss)
U 757 VII C Feb. 18, 1942 0Jan. 8, 1944 † 9 patrols, 2 ships with a total of 11,313 GRT and a warship with 291 t (on board a transport ship) sunk. Southwest Iceland at position 50 ° 33 ′  N , 18 ° 3 ′  W with depth charges from the British frigate HMS Bayntun and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose sunk (49 dead, total loss)
U 758 VII C 0May 5, 1942 16. Mar. 1945 † 7 patrols, 2 ships sunk with a total of 13,989 GRT. Abandoned in Kiel after being severely damaged in a British air raid. Canceled in 1946–1947. Participation in the Christmas ring broadcast in 1942
U 759 VII C Aug 15, 1942 July 15, 1943 † 2 patrols, 2 ships sunk with a total of 12,764 GRT. Sunk in the Caribbean east of Jamaica at position 15 ° 58 ′  N , 73 ° 44 ′  W by depth charges of a Martin PBM Mariner P-10 aircraft of the VP-32 squadron (47 dead, total loss)
U 760 VII C Oct 15, 1942 08 Sep 1943 and July 23, 1945 A.

§

Taken over by the Spaniards in 1943, laid out in Ferrol until the end of World War II and transferred to England on July 23, 1945 . As part of the On December 13 1945 Operation Deadlight in position 55 ° 50 '  N , 10 ° 5'  W sunk
U 761 VII C 0Dec 3, 1942 Feb. 24, 1944 × In the mid-Atlantic , near Tangier ( Morocco ), at position 35 ° 55 ′  N , 5 ° 45 ′  W , sunk when the British destroyers HMS Anthony and HMS Wishart approached (9 dead, 48 survivors)
U 762 VII C Jan. 30, 1943 0Feb 8, 1944 † In the North Atlantic Ocean on the position of 49 ° 2 '  N , 16 ° 58'  W by water bombs British sloop HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wild Goose sunk (51 dead)
U 763 VII C 13 Mar 1943 Jan. 29, 1945 × Self-sunk in Königsberg at position 54 ° 42 '  N , 20 ° 32'  E after being damaged by Soviet bombs
U 764 VII C 0May 6, 1943 May 14, 1945 § In Lisahally ( Northern Ireland handed over) to the Allies, after hole Foyle ( Ireland transferred) and on February 2, 1946 at the frame of the Dead Light operation at the position 56 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 0'  W sunk
U 765 VII C June 19, 1943 0May 6, 1944 † 1 patrol; no successes. In the North Atlantic Ocean on the position of 52 ° 30 '  N , 28 ° 28'  W of two by water bombs Fairey Swordfish (Sqdn. 825) of the British aircraft carrier HMS Vindex and British frigate HMS Bickerton , HMS Bligh and HMS Aylmer sunk (37 dead, 11 survivors )
U 766 VII C July 30, 1943 Aug 21, 1944 § Could not leave the port of La Pallice and was handed over to France . Later in use there as Laubia
U 767 VII C Sep 11 1943 June 18, 1944 † In the English Channel , southwestern Guernsey , in position 49 ° 3 '  N , 3 ° 13'  W by water bombs British destroyer HMS Fame , HMS Inconstant and HMS Havelock sunk (49 dead, 1 survivor)
U 768 VII C Oct 14, 1943 Nov 20, 1943 × No patrols. Sank in the Gdańsk Bay at position 54 ° 30 ′  N , 19 ° 15 ′  E after a collision with U 745 (no deaths)
U 769 - U 770 VII C Commissioned on August 15, 1940 , badly damaged during an air raid on Wilhelmshaven on January 27, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 771 VII C Nov 18, 1943 Nov 11, 1944 † Sunk in the Arctic in the Andfjord near Harstad ( Norway ) at position 69 ° 17 ′  N , 16 ° 28 ′  E by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Venturer (51 dead)
U 772 VII C 23 Dec 1943 December 17, 1944 † Sunk in the North Atlantic , south of Cork ( Ireland ), at position 51 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 5 ′  W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Nyasaland (48 dead)
U 773 VII C Jan. 20, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § In Trondheim ( Norway passed) to the Allies, after Loch Ryan ( Scotland transferred) and on 8 December 1945 in the framework of Operation Deadlight in position 56 ° 10 '  N , 10 ° 5'  W sunk
U 774 VII C Feb. 17, 1944 0Apr 8, 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. Sunk in the North Atlantic , southwest of Ireland , at position 49 ° 58 ′  N , 11 ° 51 ′  W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Calder and HMS Bentinck (44 dead)
U 775 VII C 23 Mar 1944 0May 8, 1944 § In Trondheim ( Norway passed) to the Allies, after Loch Ryan ( Scotland transferred) and on 8 December 1945 in the framework of Operation Deadlight in position 55 ° 40 '  N , 8 ° 25'  W sunk
U 776 VII C Apr 13, 1944 May 20, 1945 § In Weymouth ( England ) handed over to the Allies
U 777 VII C 0May 9, 1944 Oct 15, 1944 † Sunk by British bombs near Wilhelmshaven at position 53 ° 51 '  N , 8 ° 10'  E during an air raid
U 778 VII C 0July 7, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § In Bergen ( Norway passed) to the Allies, after Loch Ryan ( Scotland transferred) and on 4 December 1945 in the framework of Operation Deadlight in position 55 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 7'  W sunk
U 779 VII C Aug 24, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § In Wilhelm Haven passed to the Allies, after hole Ryan ( Scotland transferred), and December 17, 1945 under the operation Dead Light in position 55 ° 50 '  N , 10 ° 5'  W sunk
U 780 VII C Commissioned on January 20, 1941, keel laying August 25, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 781 VII C Commissioned on January 20, 1941, keel laid on September 10, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 782 VII C Commissioned on January 20, 1941, keel laying at the end of 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 783 - U 788 VII C / 42 Commissioned on February 22, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 789 - U 790 VII C / 42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 791 V 300 Test ship for Walter propulsion . Construction canceled on August 7, 1942
U 792 XVIIa Nov 16, 1943 0May 4, 1945 × Test ship for Walter propulsion. Submerged at position 54 ° 19 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E near Rendsburg
U 793 XVIIa Apr 24, 1944 0May 4, 1945 × Test ship for Walter propulsion. Submerged at position 54 ° 19 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E near Rendsburg
U 794 XVIIa Nov 14, 1943 0May 5, 1945 × Test ship for Walter propulsion. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay
U 795 XVIIa 0Apr 2, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × Test ship for Walter propulsion. Self-destroyed in the Germania shipyard in Kiel , later scrapped
U 796 XVIIIa Test ship, construction canceled
U 797 XVIIIa Test ship, construction canceled
U 798 XVII K Commissioned on February 15, 1944, keel laying April 23, 1944. Not yet completed by May 1945
U 799 - U 800 Construction contract not awarded

U 801-U 850

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 801 IX C / 40 24 Mar 1943 17th Mar 1944 † In the mid-Atlantic , near Cape Verde , at 16 ° 42 ′  N , 30 ° 28 ′  W by torpedoes from two aircraft of the TBF Avenger type , the VC-9 squadron, the US aircraft carrier USS Block Island and by US depth charges and gunfire - Destroyer USS Corry and the American destroyer escort USS Bronstein damaged and then sunk by the crew themselves (10 dead, 47 survivors)
U 802 IX C / 40 June 12, 1943 May 11, 1945 A. In hole Eriboll ( Scotland ) to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 30 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W on December 31, 1945
U 803 IX C / 40 0Sep 7 1943 Apr. 27, 1944 † Run into a mine in the Baltic Sea near Swinoujscie at 53 ° 55 '  N , 14 ° 17'  E (9 dead, 35 survivors)
U 804 IX C / 40 0Dec. 4, 1943 0Apr 9, 1945 † In Kattegat at 57 ° 58 '  N , 11 ° 15'  O British missile of 13 De-Havilland Mosquito aircraft intended (squadron 143, 235 & 248) sunk (55 dead)
U 805 IX C / 40 Feb 12, 1944 May 14, 1945 A. Surrendered near Portsmouth , New Hampshire , USA at 43 ° 4 ′  N , 70 ° 43 ′  W to the US Navy
U 806 IX C / 40 Apr 29, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk on December 21, 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 18'  W
U 807 - U 808 IX C / 40 Commissioned on April 10, 1941, keel laid in 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 809 - U 812 IX C / 40 Commissioned on August 25, 1941. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 813 - U 816 IX C / 40 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 817 - U 820 Construction contract not awarded
U 821 VII C Oct 11, 1943 June 10, 1944 † In the English Channel , near Ushant , from 248th RAF Squadron sunk by air attack. The crew members, some of whom were rescued by an outpost boat, died when it was sunk by an air raid by the 248th RAF squadron (50 dead, 1 survivor).
U 822 VII C 0July 1, 1944 0May 3, 1945 ×
U 823 VII C Commissioned on January 20, 1941, keel laying November 11, 1941. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 824 VII C Commissioned on January 20, 1941, keel laying November 24, 1941. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 825 VII C 0May 4, 1944 May 10, 1945 A. In Portland handed over to the Allies. Sunk on January 3, 1946 as part of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 30'  W
U 826 VII C May 11, 1944 May 11, 1945 A. In hole Eriboll ( Scotland ) to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk on December 1, 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W
U 827 VII C / 41 May 25, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × Sunk in the Flensburg Fjord itself, wreck broken off in 1948
U 828 VII C / 41 June 17, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × Near Wesermünde at 53 ° 32 '  N , 8 ° 35'  O themselves recessed, 1948 aborted wreck
U 829 - U 832 VII C / 41 Commissioned on August 6, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 833 - U 840 VII C / 41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 841 IX C / 40 0Feb 6, 1943 Oct 17, 1943 † Sunk in the North Atlantic , east of Cape Farvel ( Greenland ), at 59 ° 57 ′  N , 31 ° 6 ′  W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Byard (27 dead, 27 survivors)
U 842 IX C / 40 01st Mar 1943 0Nov 6, 1943 † Sunk in the western North Atlantic at 43 ° 42 ′  N , 42 ° 8 ′  W by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling and HMS Wild Goose (56 dead)
U 843 IX C / 40 24 Mar 1943 0Apr 9, 1945 † In Kattegat , west of Gothenburg ( Sweden ), at 57 ° 58 '  N , 11 ° 15'  O missile a British aircraft of the type De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito (squadron 143, 235 or 248) recessed (44 deaths, 12 survivors )
U 844 IX C / 40 0Apr 7, 1943 Oct 16, 1943 † Southwest of Iceland at 58 ° 30 ′  N , 27 ° 16 ′  W by depth charges from two British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Squadrons 59 / S and 86 / L) sunk (53 dead)
U 845 IX C / 40 0May 1, 1943 10 Mar 1944 † In the North Atlantic at 48 ° 20 '  N , 20 ° 33'  W by water bombs of the British destroyer HMS Forester , Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent , which Canadian Corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea sunk (10 dead, 45 survivors)
U 846 IX C / 40 May 29, 1943 0May 4, 1944 † Sunk in the Bay of Biscay , north of Cape Ortegal ( Spain ), at 46 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 20 ′  W by depth charges from a Canadian Vickers Wellington aircraft (RCAF Squadron 407 / M) (57 dead)
U 847 IX D2 Jan. 23, 1943 Aug 27, 1943 † Sunk in the Sargasso Sea at 28 ° 19 ′  N , 37 ° 58 ′  W by torpedoes from Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of the VC-1 squadron of the US aircraft carrier USS Card (62 dead)
U 848 IX D2 Feb 20, 1943 0Nov 5, 1943 † In the South Atlantic , southwest of Ascension , sunk at around 10 ° 9 ′  S , 18 ° 0 ′  W by depth charges from three B-24 Liberator and two B-25 Mitchell aircraft (63 dead)
U 849 IX D2 11th Mar 1943 Nov 25, 1943 † In the South Atlantic Ocean to the west of Congo mouth , at 6 ° 30 '  S , 5 ° 40'  W by water bombs of a B-24 Liberator -Flugzeuges the relay VP-107 / B-6 sunk (63 dead)
U 850 IX D2 Apr 17, 1943 Dec 20, 1943 † In the mid-Atlantic , west of Madeira ( Portugal ), at 32 ° 54 ′  N , 37 ° 1 ′  W by depth charges and torpedoes from five Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft of the VC-19 squadron of the US aircraft carrier USS Bogue sunk (66 dead)

U 851-U 900

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 851 IX D2 May 31, 1943 27 Mar 1944 ? Missing, presumably sunk in the North Atlantic after March 27, 1944 or April 1944 (70 dead)
U 852 IX D2 June 15, 1943 0May 3, 1944 × In the Arabian Sea , near the eastern coast of Somalia , at 9 ° 32 '  N , 50 ° 59'  O itself sunk. Previously run aground during an air raid by six Vickers Wellington aircraft (Squadron 621 & 8) (7 dead, 59 survivors)
U 853 IX C / 40 June 25, 1943 0May 6, 1945 † In the North Atlantic , southeast of New London ( Connecticut , USA ), at 41 ° 13 ′  N , 71 ° 27 ′  W by depth charges from the American destroyer escort USS Atherton and the American frigate USS Moberly , as well as the US military airships K-16 and K-58 sunk (55 dead)
U 854 IX C / 40 July 19, 1943 0Feb. 4, 1944 † Run into a mine in the Baltic Sea , north of Swinoujscie , at 54 ° 44 '  N , 14 ° 16'  E (51 dead, 7 survivors)
U 855 IX C / 40 0Aug 2, 1943 Sep 11 1944 ? Missing in the area west of Bergen ( Norway ) since September 11, 1944 (56 dead)
U 856 IX C / 40 Aug 19, 1943 0Apr 7, 1944 † Sunk in the North Atlantic , east of New York , at 40 ° 18 ′  N , 62 ° 22 ′  W by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse (27 dead, 28 survivors)
U 857 IX C / 40 16 Sep 1943 0Apr 7, 1945 ? Missing in the North Atlantic near the east coast of the USA since April 1945 (59 dead)
U 858 IX C / 40 Sep 30 1943 May 14, 1945 A. In Delaware ( USA ) to the US Navy handed over. Sunk in late 1947 after it for torpedo testing near New England was used
U 859 IX D2 0July 8, 1943 23 Sep 1944 † Sunk in the Strait of Malacca near Penang at 5 ° 46 ′  N , 100 ° 4 ′  E by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Trenchant (47 dead, 20 survivors)
U 860 IX D2 Aug 12, 1943 June 15, 1944 † In the South Atlantic , south of St. Helena , at 25 ° 27 '  S , 5 ° 30'  W by depth charges and missiles of seven Grumman TBF Avenger - and Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft intended the US aircraft carrier USS Solomons sunk (42 dead , 20 survivors)
U 861 IX D2 0Sep 2 1943 0May 6, 1945 A. In Trondheim decommissioned, after Lisahally ( Northern Ireland transferred) and on 31 December 1945 in the context of the operation Dead Light at 55 ° 25 '  N , 7 ° 15'  W sunk
U 862 IX D2 0Oct 7, 1943 0May 6, 1945 A. Taken over by Japan on May 6, 1945 and commissioned as I 502 on July 15, 1945 .
U 863 IX D2 0Nov 3, 1943 29 Sep 1944 † In the South Atlantic , southeast of Recife ( Brazil ), sunk at 10 ° 45 ′  S , 25 ° 30 ′  W by depth charges from two US B-24 Liberator aircraft of the VB-107 / B-9 squadron (69 dead)
U 864 IX D2 0Dec 9, 1943 0Feb 9, 1945 † Northwest Bergen ( Norway ) sunk at 60 ° 46 ′  N , 4 ° 35 ′  E by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Venturer (73 dead)
U 865 IX C / 40 Oct 25, 1943 0Sep 9 1944 ? Missing since leaving Trondheim ( Norway ) on September 9, 1944 (59 dead)
U 866 IX C / 40 Nov 17, 1943 18 Mar 1945 † In the North Atlantic , northeast Boston ( USA ), sunk at 43 ° 18 ′  N , 61 ° 8 ′  W by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Lowe , USS Menges , USS Pride and USS Mosley (55 dead)
U 867 IX C / 40 Dec 12, 1943 19 Sep 1944 † Northwest Bergen ( Norway ) sunk at 62 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  E by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Squadron 224 / Q) (60 dead)
U 868 IX C / 40 23 Dec 1943 0May 5, 1945 A. In Bergen ( Norway provided) out of service by Loch Ryan transferred and on 30 November 1945 in the framework of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 48 '  N , 8 ° 33'  W sunk
U 869 IX C / 40 Jan. 26, 1944 Feb 11, 1945 † Sunk off New Jersey at 39 ° 33 ′  N , 73 ° 2 ′  W by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Howard D. Crow and USS Koiner or presumably by their own torpedo circuit .
U 870 IX C / 40 0Feb 3, 1944 30th Mar 1945 † Sunk in Bremen by US bombs
U 871 IX D2 Jan 15, 1944 26 Sep 1944 † Sunk northwest of the Azores at 43 ° 18 ′  N , 36 ° 28 ′  W by depth charges from a British B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (Schwadron 220 / P) (69 dead)
U 872 IX D2 Feb 10, 1944 Aug 10, 1944 A. Badly damaged by US bombs in Bremen on July 29, 1944 (1 dead). Decommissioned on August 10, 1944 and later canceled
U 873 IX D2 01st Mar 1944 May 16, 1945 A. Surrendered on May 16, 1945 in Portsmouth ( New Hampshire , United States ). Canceled in 1948 after testing
U 874 IX D2 0Apr 8, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Horten (Norway) to the Royal Navy handed over and after Lisahally ( Northern Ireland transferred). Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on December 31, 1945 at 55 ° 47 ′  N , 9 ° 27 ′  W
U 875 IX D2 Apr 21, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Bergen ( Norway ) to the Royal Navy handed over and after Lisahally ( Northern Ireland transferred). Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on December 31, 1945 at 55 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 28 ′  W
U 876 IX D2 May 24, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × Damaged by British bombs on April 9, 1945. Sunk in Eckernförde itself on May 3, 1945 , demolished in 1947
U 877 IX C / 40 24 Mar 1944 Dec. 27, 1944 † Sunk in the North Atlantic , northwest of the Azores , at 46 ° 25 ′  N , 36 ° 38 ′  W by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS St. Thomas (no dead)
U 878 IX C / 40 Apr 14, 1944 Apr 10, 1945 † Sunk in the Bay of Biscay , west of St. Naizaire ( France ) at 47 ° 35 ′  N , 10 ° 33 ′  W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vanquisher and the British corvette HMS Tintagel Castle (51 dead)
U 879 IX C / 40 April 19, 1944 Apr 30, 1945 † East of Cape Hatteras ( USA ) at 36 ° 34 ′  N , 74 ° 0 ′  W by depth charges from the US escort frigate USS Natchez and the US destroyers escort USS Coffman , USS Bostwick and USS Thomas sunk (52 dead)
U 880 IX C / 40 May 11, 1944 April 16, 1945 † In the North Atlantic at 47 ° 18 '  N , 30 ° 26'  W by water bombing the US destroyer escort USS Stanton and USS Frost sunk (49 dead)
U 881 IX C / 40 May 27, 1944 0May 6, 1945 † Sunk in the North Atlantic , southeast of Newfoundland , at 43 ° 18 ′  N , 47 ° 44 ′  W by depth charges from the US destroyer escort USS Farquhar (53 dead)
U 882 IX C / 40 30th Mar 1945 † Sunk in the shipyard by bombers
U 883 IX D / 42 27 Mar 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy handed over and after Lisahally ( Northern Ireland transferred). Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on December 31, 1945 at 55 ° 44 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  W
U 884 IX D / 42 Construction never started
U 885 IX D / 42 Construction never started
U 886 IX D / 42 Construction never started
U 887 IX D / 42 Construction never started
U 888 IX D / 42 Construction never started
U 889 IX C / 40 0Aug 4, 1944 May 15, 1945 A. Surrendered at Shelburne, Nova Scotia at 43 ° 32 '  N , 65 ° 12'  W to the Royal Canadian Navy. Later transferred to Halifax (Nova Scotia) .

Handed over to the US Navy on January 10, 1946, used by them for torpedo tests and sunk at the end of 1947

U 890 IX C / 40 July 29, 1944 × Sunk by bomb hits while equipping in the shipyard
U 891 IX C / 40 30th Mar 1945 × Sunk by bomb hits while equipping in the shipyard
U 892 IX C / 40 23 Sep 1944 × Construction canceled
U 893 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 894 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 895 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 896 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 897 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 898 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 899 IX C / 40 Construction never started
U 900 IX D / 42 Construction never started

U 901-U 950

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 901 VII C Apr 29, 1944 circa May 15, 1945 A. In Stavanger to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 30 ′  W
U 902 VII C Received two bomb hits at Bauwerft AG Vulcan Stettin . Further construction canceled on July 22, 1944.
U 903 VII C 04th Sep 1943 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck broken off
U 904 VII C 25 Sep 1943 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Eckernförde at 54 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 36 ″  E.
U 905 VII C 0March 8 1944 27 Mar 1945 † In the North Atlantic at 58 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  N , 5 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  W by a British frigate sunk by depth charges (all 45 men dead)
U 906 VII C Sunk in front of the HC Stülcken Sohn shipyard in Hamburg before it was commissioned by an air raid on December 31, 1944
U 907 VII C May 18, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 59 ′  W.
U 908 VII C On the slipway of HC Stülcken Sohn, the entire forecastle was destroyed by a direct hit in an air raid on June 18, 1944. Construction canceled on July 22, 1944 and wreck abandoned after the war.
U 909 - U 912 VII C / 41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 913 - U 918 VII C / 42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 919 - U 920 Construction contract not awarded
U 921 VII C May 30, 1943 0Oct. 2, 1944 ? In the Arctic Ocean northwest of Narvik lost (all 51 dead man)
U 922 VII C 0Aug 1, 1943 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself. Canceled in 1947
U 923 VII C 0Oct. 4, 1943 0Feb 9, 1945 † No patrols. Walked into a mine in the Bay of Kiel and sank (all 48 men dead)
U 924 VII C Nov 20, 1943 0May 3, 1945 × Training boat. Sunk in Kiel itself. Canceled in 1947.
U 925 VII C Dec 30, 1943 Sep 18 1944 ? In the North Atlantic , or the Arctic Ocean lost (all 51 dead man)
U 926 VII C Feb. 29, 1944   1962 A. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Bergen on May 8, 1945 . Commissioned by the Norwegian Navy as KNM Kya , retired in 1962.
U 927 VII C June 27, 1944 Feb. 24, 1945 † South-east of Falmouth at position 49 ° 27 ′  N , 4 ° 27 ′  W during a snorkeling trip by a British Vickers Warwick aircraft sunk with depth charges (all 47 men dead)
U 928 VII C July 11, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 3 ′ 36 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  W.
U 929 VII C / 41 06 Sep 1944 0May 2, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Rostock- Warnemünde itself. Raised and canceled in 1956.
U 930 VII C / 41 0Dec 6, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Kiel . Sunk at position 55 ° 12 ′  N , 7 ° 21 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 931 VII C / 41 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laying June 26, 1943. Construction abandoned on September 23, 1944. The submarine was about 40% complete and was later scrapped
U 932 VII C / 41 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laying August 21, 1943. Construction canceled on September 23, 1944. The submarine was about 35% complete and was later scrapped
U 933 - U 936 VII C / 41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 937 - U 942 VII C / 42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on November 6, 1943
U 943 - U 950 Construction contract not awarded

U 951-U 1000

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 951 VII C 0Dec 3, 1942 0July 7, 1943 † Northwest of Cape St. Vincent at 37 ° 40 ′  N , 15 ° 30 ′  W by an American B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (all 46 men dead)
U 952 VII C Dec 10, 1942 0Aug 6, 1944 † Sunk by bombs in Toulon
U 953 VII C U-FLAK December 17, 1942 0May 8, 1945 A. In Trondheim to the Royal Navy passed. Canceled after testing by the British in 1950.
U 954 VII C Dec 23, 1942 May 19, 1943 † South-east of Cape Farvel , Greenland , at position 54 ° 54 ′  N , 34 ° 19 ′  W, sunk by two British warships with depth charges (all 47 men dead, including Leutnant zur See Peter Dönitz, son of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz )
U 955 VII C Dec 31, 1942 0June 7, 1944 † North of Cape Ortegal , Spain in position 45 ° 13 '  N , 8 ° 30'  W by a British flying boat of the type Short Sunderland sunk with water bombs (all 50 men tot)
U 956 VII C 0Jan. 6, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In hole Eriboll , Scotland , the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 957 VII C 0Jan. 7, 1943 Oct 21, 1944 A. Collided with a German steamship in Lofoten on October 19, 1944 and was retired. Canceled in England in 1945 .
U 958 VII C Jan. 14, 1943  Aug 1944 A. Retired in Kiel . Sunk at the end of the war and demolished in 1947
U 959 VII C Jan. 21, 1943 0May 2, 1944 † Southeast of Jan Mayen , during the attack on the Northern Sea Convoy RA 59 ( 69 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  W ) by a British Airplane of the type Fairey Swordfish sunk by depth charges (all 53 men dead)
U 960 VII C Jan. 28, 1943 May 19, 1944 † Northwest of Algiers at position 37 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E by two US destroyers, USS Niblack and USS Ludlow , as well as Vickers Wellington (Sqdn. 36) and Lockheed Ventura (Sqdn. 5009) sunk (31 dead and 20 survivors)
U 961 VII C 0Feb. 4, 1943 29 Mar 1944 † East of Iceland sunk with depth charges by a British sloop during the attack on the northern sea convoy JW 58 ( 64 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 24 ″  W ) (all 49 men dead)
U 962 VII C Feb 11, 1943 0Apr 8, 1944 † Northwest of Cape Finisterre at 45 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  N , 19 ° 34 ′ 12 ″  W by two British sloops sunk with depth charges (all 50 men dead)
U 963 VII C Feb. 17, 1943 May 20, 1945 × Before Nazaré on the Portuguese West Coast at 39 ° 21 '36 "  N , 9 ° 3' 0"  W sunk itself. The team went into captivity.
U 964 VII C Feb. 18, 1943 Oct 16, 1943 † Southwest of Iceland at 57 ° 16 ′ 12 ″  N , 27 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  W by a British B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (47 dead and three survivors)
U 965 VII C Feb 25, 1943 30th Mar 1945 † North of Scotland at 58 ° 11 ′ 24 ″  N , 5 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  W by two British frigates sunk with depth charges (all 51 men dead)
U 966 VII C 04th Mar 1943 Nov 10, 1943 † Sunk near Cape Ortegal by British, American and Czechoslovak aircraft of the types Vickers Wellington and B-24 Liberator with depth charges (eight dead and 42 survivors)
U 967 VII C 11th Mar 1943 Aug 11, 1944 × Sunk in Toulon itself (2 dead)
U 968 VII C 18 Mar 1943 May 16, 1945 A. In hole Eriboll , Scotland , the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 14 ′ 24 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 12 ″  W.
U 969 VII C May 29, 1942 0Aug 6, 1944 † Sunk by bombs in Toulon
U 970 VII C 25th Mar 1943 0June 7, 1944 † West of Bordeaux in position 45 ° 9 '  N , 4 ° 6'  W by a British flying boat of the type Short Sunderland with water bombs sunk (38 dead and 14 survivors)
U 971 VII C 0April 1, 1943 June 24, 1944 † North of Brest at 49 ° 0 ′ 36 ″  N , 5 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  W by several warships sunk with depth charges (one dead and 51 survivors)
U 972 VII C 0Apr 8, 1943  Jan. 1944 ? Missing (all 49 men dead)
U 973 VII C Apr 15, 1943 06th Mar 1944 † No patrols. Northwest of Narvik , during the attack on the Northern Sea Convoy RA 57 ( 70 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 28 ′ 48 ″  E ) sunk by a British aircraft of the type Fairey Swordfish with missiles (51 dead and two survivors)
U 974 VII C Apr 22, 1943 April 19, 1944 † Near Stavanger at 59 ° 5 '24 "  N , 5 ° 13' 48"  O from a Norwegian submarine torpedo sunk (42 dead and eight survivors)
U 975 VII C Apr 29, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In Horten to the Royal Navy passed. As part of the operation Dead Light at 55 ° 25 '12 "  N , 9 ° 0' 36"  W sunk.
U 976 VII C 0May 5, 1943 25th Mar 1944 † Sunk near Saint-Nazaire in the Bay of Biscay at 46 ° 28 ′ 48 ″  N , 2 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  W by a British De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft (four dead and 49 survivors)
U 977 VII C 0May 6, 1943 Aug 17, 1945 A. Training boat. Fled from the Allies on May 10, 1945 with 2/3 of the crew and began a 66 day dive to Argentina , where it was interned in Mar del Plata on August 17.
U 978 VII C May 12, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In Trondheim to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 56 ° 6 ′  N , 10 ° 3 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 979 VII C May 20, 1943 May 24, 1945 × Near Amrum at 54 ° 22 '48 "  N , 8 ° 13' 48"  O aground and even submerged.
U 980 VII C May 27, 1943 June 11, 1944 † Northwest of Bergen in ' "12 63 ° 4  N , 0 ° 15' 36"  O from a Canadian flying boat of the type PBY Catalina sunk with water bombs (all 52 man tot)
U 981 VII C 0June 3, 1943 Aug 12, 1944 † In La Rochelle in the Bay of Biscay at 45 ° 24 '36 "  N , 1 ° 15' 0"  W by a British aircraft of the type Handley Page Halifax sunk with air mines and depth charges (12 deaths and 40 survivors)
U 982 VII C June 10, 1943 0Apr 9, 1945 † Sunk by bombs in Hamburg
U 983 VII C June 16, 1943 08 Sep 1943 × No patrols. After collision with U 988 north of Loba at 54 ° 33 '36 "  N , 17 ° 8' 24"  O decreased (five deaths and 38 survivors)
U 984 VII C June 17, 1943 Aug 20, 1944 † West of Brest in the Bay of Biscay at 48 ° 9 ′ 36 ″  N , 5 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  W by the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa , HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Chaudiere sunk with depth charges (all 45 men dead)
U 985 VII C June 24, 1943 Nov 15, 1944 × Badly damaged by a German mine on October 23, 1944, decommissioned in Kristiansand and broken up
U 986 VII C 0July 1, 1943 Apr 17, 1944 † Southwest of Ireland at 50 ° 5 ′ 24 ″  N , 12 ° 30 ′ 36 ″  W sunk by two Canadian warships (all 50 men dead)
U 987 VII C 0July 8, 1943 June 15, 1944 † West of Narvik at 68 ° 0 ′ 36 ″  N , 5 ° 4 ′ 48 ″  W by the British submarine HMS Satyr sunk with torpedoes (all 53 men dead)
U 988 VII C July 15, 1943 June 29, 1944 † West of Guernsey at 49 ° 22 ′ 12 ″  N , 3 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  W by four British frigates and B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (all 50 men dead)
U 989 VII C July 22, 1943 Feb 14, 1945 † In the Faroe Islands at 61 ° 21 ′ 36 ″  N , 1 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  W by four British frigates sunk with depth charges (all 47 men dead)
U 990 VII C July 28, 1943 May 25, 1944 † West of Bodø at 65 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  W by a British B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (20 dead and 33 survivors)
U 991 VII C July 29, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 56 ° 6 ′  N , 10 ° 3 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 992 VII C 0Aug 2, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In Narvik to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 56 ° 6 ′  N , 10 ° 3 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 993 VII C Aug 19, 1943 0Oct. 4, 1944 † Destroyed in Bergen during a British air raid (2 dead)
U 994 VII C 0Sep 2 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In Trondheim to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 55 ° 30 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 995 VII C / 41 16 Sep 1943   1965 A. In Trondheim abandoned. Served the Norwegian Navy as Kaura from 1952 to 1965 . Retired there in 1965 and returned to Germany . Since 1972 as a museum boat in Laboe on dry land.
U 996 VII C / 41 A. Commissioned on October 14, 1941, keel laying November 25, 1942, launched on July 22, 1943 and badly damaged in an air raid on the same day. The boat was scrapped in 1944.
U 997 VII C / 41 23 Sep 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. In Narvik to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk at 55 ° 30 ′  N , 10 ° 3 ′  W as part of Operation Deadlight .
U 998 VII C / 41 0Oct 7, 1943 June 27, 1944 A. Damaged on June 16, 1944 in Bergen by a Norwegian De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft . Decommissioned on June 27, 1944 and partially scrapped.
U 999 VII C / 41 Oct 21, 1943 0May 5, 1945 × Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself.
U 1000 VII C / 41 0Nov 4, 1943 29 Sep 1944 × No patrols. During the test on April 15, 1944, it ran into a mine in the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned and scrapped in September.

Further

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
  • Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
  • Lennart Lindberg: U 3503. Documentation - Danzig 1944, Göteborg 1946 (= Marinlitteraturföreningen. 87). Marinlitteraturföreningen, Stockholm 2001, ISBN 91-85944-30-0 (Swedish / English / German).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Department lists German submarines
  2. ↑ U 927 , ON www.u-boot-archiv.d; accessed on June 19, 2018


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mention of this submarine with greetings in the Christmas ring broadcast 1942 and the entry into the port of St. Nazaire on Christmas Eve 1942 in a letter from a participating marine after the war; this letter to the author is printed in Lothar-Günther Buchheim : Die U-Boot -fahrer. The boats, the crews and their admiral. 2nd Edition. Piper, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-492-04044-6 , p. 256 Google Books Snippet View .

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