User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/europeanfront/1940-00 List of u-boats of the Kriegsmarine

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The German military submarines known as U-boats that were in action during World War II were built between 1935 and 1944, and were numbered in sequence from U-1 upwards. Numbering was according to the sequence in which construction orders were allocated to the individual shipyards, rather than commissioning date; thus some boats carrying high numbers were commissioned well before boats with lower numbers. Later in the war, whole contracts for older designs were sometimes cancelled in favour of newer designs, with the numbers allocated being reused later.[1] iib The U-boat fleet sank large tonnages of Allied shipping, both warships and merchant ships. Most of the U-boats were ultimately lost in combat or were scuttled.

Type comparison[edit]

Type I U-boat
Type IIA U-boat
Boat Displacement Length Speed Range Test depth Complement Torpedo tubes
Surfaced Submerged Official Surfaced Submerged Surfaced Submerged
Type I 848 long tons 966 long tons 712 std. tons 72.39 m (237 ft 6 in) 17.7–18.6 kn 8.3 kn 7,900 nmi at 10 kn 78 nmi at 4 kn 200 m (660 ft) 4 officers,
39 enlisted
6 × 21-in.
(4 bow, 2 stern)
Type II

Type I Boats[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost Notes
U-25 IA 1936-04 1940-08 Struck a British mine in the North Sea north of Terschelling[1]
U-26 IA 1936-05 1940-07 Scuttled southwest of Ireland after heavy damage by depth charges

Type II Boats[edit]

Type IIA[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-1 IIA 1935-06 1940-04 Struck a British mine north of Terschelling[3]
U-2 IIA 1935-07 1944-04 Sunk after a collision west of Pillau
U-3 IIA 1935-09 1944-08 Struck from navy list Prize of UK
U-4 IIA 1935-08 1944-08 Struck from navy list Scrapped 1945
U-5 IIA 1935-08 1943-03 Diving accident west of Pillau
U-6 IIA 1935-09 1944-08 Struck from navy list Blown up 1945

Type IIB[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-7 IIB 1935-07 1944-02 Sunk west of Pillau
U-8 IIB 1935-08 1945-05 Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven
U-9 IIB 1935-08 1944-08 Soviet air raid, Constanța, Romania Prize of USSR
U-10 IIB 1935-09 1944-08 Struck from the navy list
U-11 IIB 1935-09 1945-05 Scuttled, Kiel Arsenal
U-12 IIB 1935-09 1939-10 Struck mine near Dover
U-13 IIB 1935-11 1940-05 Depth charged by Weston in North Sea
U-14 IIB 1935 1945-05
U-15 IIB 1940-01 Rammed by accident
U-16 IIB 1936 1939-10 Run aground
U-17 IIB 1935 1945-05
U-18 IIB 1935 1944-08 Damaged by Soviet air raid
U-19 IIB 1935 1944-09
U-20 IIB 1936 1945-05 Scuttled
U-21 IIB 1936 1945-02 Training boat
U-22 IIB 1936 1940-03
U-23 IIB Scuttled 1944-09 Prevent Soviet capture
U-24 IIB 1936 1944-08
U-120 IIB 1945-05 Scuttled
U-121 IIB 1940 1945-05 Scuttled

Type IIC[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-56 IIC 1938 1945-05
U-57 IIC Erich Topp,
Claus Korth
1945-05 Scuttled
U-58 IIC Herbert Kuppisch,
Heinrich Schonder,
Dietrich Schöneboom,
Horst Hamm
1945-05 Scuttled
U-59 IIC Siegfried von Forstner 1945-05 Scuttled
U-60 IIC Adalbert Schnee,
Georg Schewe
1945-05 Scuttled
U-61 IIC Jürgen Oesten 1945-05 Scuttled
U-62 IIC Waldemar Mehl 1945-05 Scuttled
U-63 IIC Sunk 1940-02 HMS Imogen, HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield and HMS Narwhal

Type IID[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-137 IID 1940 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-138 IID 1940 18 June 1941 HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound
U-139 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat
U-140 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat
U-141 IID 1940 5 May 1945
U-142 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat
U-143 IID 1940 22 December 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-144 IID 1940 10 August 1941 Soviet submarine Shch-307
U-145 IID 1940 22 December 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-146 IID 1940 5 May 1945
U-147 IID 1940 2 June 1941 HMS Wanderer and HMS Periwinkle
U-148 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat
U-149 IID 1940 21 December 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-150 IID 1940 21 December 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-151 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat
U-152 IID 1940 5 May 1945 Training boat

Type VII Boats[edit]

Type VIIA[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-27 VIIA 1936 20 September 1939 HMS Fortune and HMS Faulknor
U-28 VIIA 1936 17 March 1944 Damaged in collision accident
U-29 VIIA 1936 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-30 VIIA 1936 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-31 VIIA 1936 2 November 1940 HMS Antelope
U-32 VIIA 1937 30 October 1940 HMS Harvester & HMS Highlander
U-33 VIIA 1936 12 February 1940 HMS Gleaner
U-34 VIIA 1936 5 August 1943 In collision
U-35 VIIA 1936 29 November 1939 HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir
U-36 VIIA 1936 4 December 1939 HMS Salmon

Type VIIB[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-45 VIIB 1938 14 October 1939 HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid
U-46 VIIB 1938 5 May 1945
U-47 VIIB 1938 7 March 1941 HMS Wolverine
U-48 VIIB 1939 3 May 1945 The most successful U-boat
U-49 VIIB 1939 15 April 1940 HMS Fearless and HMS Brazen
U-50 VIIB 1939 6 April 1940 Struck a mine
U-51 VIIB 1938 20 August 1940 HMS Cachalot
U-52 VIIB 1939 Helmut Möhlmann 3 May 1945
U-53 VIIB 1939 23 / 24 February 1940 HMS Gurkha
U-54 VIIB 1939 Sunk 13 February 1940 Struck a mine
U-55 VIIB 1939 Sunk 30 January 1940 HMS Whitshed, HMS Fowey, French destroyers Valmy, Guépard and RAF Sunderland
U-73 VIIB 1940 Sunk 16 December 1943 USS Woolsey and USS Trippe
U-74 VIIB 1940 Sunk 2 May 1942 HMS Wishart, and HMS Wrestler
U-75 VIIB 1940 Sunk 28 December 1941 HMS Kipling
U-76 VIIB 1940 Sunk 5 April 1941 HMS Wolverine and HMS Scarborough
U-83 VIIB 1941 Sunk 4 March 1943 RAF Hudson
U-84 VIIB 1941 Sunk 7 August 1943 US Liberator
U-85 VIIB 1941 Sunk 14 April 1942 USS Roper
U-86 VIIB 1941 Sunk 29 November 1943 HMS Tumult and HMS Rocket
U-87 VIIB 1941 Sunk 4 March 1943 HMCS Shediac and HMCS St. Croix
U-99 VIIB 1940 Sunk 17 March 1941 HMS Walker
U-100 VIIB 1940 Sunk 17 March 1941 HMS Vanoc
U-101 VIIB 1940 Scuttled 3 May 1945
U-102 VIIB 1940 Sunk 1 July 1940 HMS Vansittart

Type VIIC[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-69 VIIC 1940 Sunk 17 February 1943 HMS Fame
U-70 VIIC 1940 Sunk 7 March 1941 HMS Camellia and HMS Arbutus
U-71 VIIC 1940 Scuttled 2 May 1945
U-72 VIIC 1940 Sunk 30 March 1945 Training boat
U-77 VIIC 1940 Sunk 29 March 1943 RAF Hudson
U-78 VIIC 1940 Sunk 16 April 1945 Enemy artillery
U-79 VIIC 1941 Sunk 23 December 1941 HMS Hasty and HMS Hotspur
U-80 VIIC 1941 Sunk 28 November 1944 Accident
U-81 VIIC 1941 Scrapped 22 April 1944 Enemy aircraft bomb damage
U-82 VIIC 1941 Sunk 6 February 1942 HMS Rochester and HMS Tamarisk
U-88 VIIC 1941 Sunk 12 September 1942 HMS Faulknor
U-89 VIIC 1941 Sunk 12 May 1943 Fairey Swordfish aircraft, HMS Broadway and HMS Lagan
U-90 VIIC 1941 Sunk 24 July 1942 HMCS St. Croix
U-91 VIIC 1941 Sunk 26 February 1944 HMS Affleck, HMS Gore and HMS Gould
U-92 1942 VIIC Scrapped 1944 – 45
U-93 1940 VIIC Sunk 15 January 1942 HMS Hesperus
U-94 1940 VIIC Sunk 28 August 1942 US Catalina & HMCS Oakville
U-95 1940 VIIC Sunk 28 November 1941 O 21
U-96 1940 VIIC Sunk 30 March 1945 Film 'Das Boot'
U-97 1940 VIIC Sunk 16 June 1943 RAAF Hudson
U-98 1940 VIIC Sunk 15 November 1942 HMS Wrestler
U-132 1941 VIIC Sunk 4 November 1942 Caught in blast
U-133 1941 VIIC Sunk 14 March 1942 Struck a mine
U-134 1941 VIIC Sunk 27 August 1943 HMS Rother
U-135 1941 VIIC Sunk 15 July 1943 HMS Rochester, HMS Mignonette, HMS Balsam & US Catalina
U-136 1941 VIIC Sunk 11 July 1942 FFL Léopard, HMS Spey and HMS Pelican
U-201 1940 VIIC Sunk 17 February 1943 HMS Viscount
U-202 1941 VIIC Sunk 2 June 1943 HMS Starling
U-203 1941 VIIC Sunk 25 April 1943 RN Swordfish & HMS Pathfinder
U-204 1941 VIIC Sunk 19 October 1941 HMS Mallow & HMS Rochester
U-205 1941 VIIC Sunk 17 February 1943 HMS Paladin & SAAF Blenheim
U-206 1941 VIIC Missing 29 November 1941
U-207 1941 VIIC Sunk 11 September 1941 HMS Leamington & HMS Veteran
U-208 1941 VIIC Sunk 7 December 1941 HMS Harvester & HMS Hesperus
U-209 1941 VIIC Missing 7 May 1943 Possible diving accident
U-210 1941 VIIC Sunk 6 August 1942 HMCS Assiniboine
U-211 1942 VIIC Sunk 19 November 1943 RAF Wellington
U-212 1942 VIIC Sunk 21 July 1944 HMS Curzon & HMS Ekins
U-221 1942 VIIC Sunk 27 September 1943 RAF Halifax
U-222 1942 VIIC Sunk 2 September 1942 Collision accident
U-223 1942 VIIC Sunk 30 March 1944 HMS Tumult, HMS Laforey, HMS Hambledon and HMS Blencathra
U-224 1942 VIIC Sunk 13 January 1943 HMCS Ville de Quebec
U-225 1942 VIIC Sunk 22 February 1943 HMS Dianthus
U-226 1942 VIIC Sunk 6 November 1943 HMS Starling, HMS Woodcock and HMS Kite
U-227 1942 VIIC Sunk 30 April 1943 RAAF Hampden
U-228 1942 VIIC Broken up 1944 – 1945 Shot down 2 aircraft
U-229 1942 VIIC Sunk 22 September 1943 HMS Keppel
U-230 1942 VIIC Scuttled 21 August 1944 Ran aground
U-231 1942 VIIC Sunk 13 January 1944 RAF Wellington
U-232 1942 VIIC Sunk 9 July 1943 RAF Wellington
U-235 1942 VIIC Sunk 14 April 1945 Friendly fire from German torpedo boat
U-236 1942 VIIC Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-237 1942 VIIC Sunk 4 April 1945 Air raid
U-238 1943 VIIC Sunk 9 February 1944 HMS Kite, HMS Magpie and HMS Starling
U-239 1943 VIIC Broken up 1944 Air raid
U-240 1943 VIIC Missing 15 May 1944 Lost without trace
U-241 1943 VIIC Sunk 18 May 1944 RAF Catalina
U-242 1943 VIIC Sunk 5 April 1945 Struck a mine
U-243 1943 VIIC Sunk 8 July 1944 RAAF Sunderland
U-244 1943 VIIC Surrendered 14 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-245 1943 VIIC Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-246 1943 VIIC Sunk 17 March 1945
U-247 1943 VIIC Sunk 1 September 1944 HMCS Swansea & HMCS Saint John
U-248 1943 VIIC Sunk 16 January 1945 USS Hayter, USS Otter, USS Varian and USS Hubbard
U-249 1943 VIIC Surrendered 10 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-250 1943 VIIC Sunk 30 July 1944 Enemy action. Later raised and served as Soviet sub TS-14
U-251 1941 VIIC Sunk 19 April 1945 RAF Mosquito
U-252 1941 VIIC Sunk 14 April 1942 HMS Stork & HMS Vetch
U-253 1941 VIIC Sunk 25 September 1942 Struck a mine
U-254 1941 VIIC Sunk 8 December 1942 Collision accident
U-255 1941 VIIC Surrendered 17 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-256 1941 VIIC Decommissioned 23 October 1944 Later captured
U-257 1941 VIIC Sunk 24 February 1944 HMCS Waskesiu & HMS Nene
U-258 1941 VIIC Sunk 20 May 1943 RAF Liberator
U-259 1941 VIIC Sunk 15 November 1942 RAF Hudson
U-260 1942 VIIC Sunk 12 March 1945 Struck a mine
U-261 1942 VIIC Sunk 15 September 1942 RAF Whitley depth charges
U-262 1942 VIIC Stricken 2 April 1945 Bomb damage
U-263 1942 VIIC Sunk 20 January 1944 Diving accident
U-264 1942 VIIC Sunk 19 February 1944 HMS Woodpecker & HMS Starling
U-265 1942 VIIC Sunk 3 February 1943 RAF Fortress
U-266 1942 VIIC Sunk 15 May 1943 RAF Halifax
U-267 1942 VIIC Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-268 1942 VIIC 3 873 0 0 1 14,547 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 February 1943 RAF Wellington
U-269 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 25 June 1944 HMS Bickerton
U-270 1942 VIIC 1 1,370 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 August 1944 RAAF Sunderland
U-271 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 28 January 1944 US Liberator
U-272 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 November 1942 Collision accident
U-273 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 May 1943 RAF Hudson
U-274 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 23 October 1943 HMS Duncan , HMS Vidette & RAF Liberator
U-275 1942 VIIC 1 1,090 0 0 1 4,934 0 0 0 0 Sunk 10 March 1945 Struck a mine
U-276 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 May 1945 Air-to-ground rocket damage
U-277 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 1 May 1944 RN Swordfish
U-278 1942 VIIC 1 1,810 0 0 1 7,177 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945
U-279 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 October 1943 USAAF Ventura
U-280 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 November 1943 RAF Liberator
U-281 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-282 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 October 1943 HMS Duncan , HMS Vidette & HMS Sunflower
U-283 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 February 1944 RCAF Wellington
U-284 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 21 December 1943 Sea damage
U-285 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 15 April 1945 HMS Grindall & HMS Keats
U-286 1943 VIIC 1 1,150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 April 1945 HMS Loch Insh, HMS Anguilla and HMS Cotton
U-287 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 May 1945 Struck a mine
U-288 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 April 1944 RN Fairey Swordfish & Martlet aircraft
U-289 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 31 May 1944 HMS Milne
U-290 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-291 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 5 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-292 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 27 May 1944 RAF Liberator
U-293 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 1 1,658 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 11 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-294 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-295 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 1 1,150 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-296 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 March 1945 Struck a mine
U-297 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 December 1944 RAF Sunderland
U-298 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-299 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-300 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 2 7,559 1 7,176 1 9,551 Sunk 22 February 1945 HMS Recruit, HMS Pincher and HMS Evadne
U-301 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 21 January 1943 British sub HMS Sahib
U-302 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 12,697 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 April 1944 HMS Swale
U-303 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 4,959 0 0 0 0 Sunk 21 May 1943 British sub HMS Sickle
U-304 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 28 May 1943 RAF Liberator
U-305 1942 VIIC 2 2,560 0 0 2 13,045 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 January 1944 Accident
U-306 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 10,218 2 11,195 0 0 Sunk 31 October 1943 HMS Whitehall & HMS Geranium
U-307 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 7,226 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 April 1945 HMS Loch Insh
U-308 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 June 1943 British sub HMS Truculent
U-309 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,219 Sunk 16 February 1945 HMCS Saint John
U-310 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 14,395 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Scrapped in Norway 1947
U-311 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 10,342 0 0 0 0 Sunk 22 April 1944 HMCS Matane and HMCS Swansea
U-312 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-313 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-314 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 January 1944 HMS Whitehall & HMS Meteor
U-315 1943 VIIC 1 1,370 0 0 1 6,996 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Scrapped in Norway 1947
U-316 1943 VIIC Hermann Stuckmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 2 May 1945 Training boat
U-317 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 26 June 1944 RAF Liberator
U-318 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-319 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 15 July 1944 RAF Liberator
U-320 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 8 May 1945
U-321 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 2 April 1945 Polish Wellington bomber
U-322 1943 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 1 5,149 0 0 2 14,367 Sunk 29 December 1944 HMCS Calgary
U-323 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-324 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Scrapped in Norway 1947
U-325 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 April 1945 Struck a mine
U-326 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 April 1945 US PBY Catalina
U-327 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 February 1945 HMS Bayntun, HMS Braithwaite and HMS Loch Eck
U-328 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-331 1940 VIIC Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen 2 40,235 1 372 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 November 1942 RN Fairey Albacore aircraft
U-332 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 8 46,729 1 5,964 0 0 Sunk 29 April 1943 RAF Liberator
U-333 1941 VIIC Peter-Erich Cremer 0 0 1 925 7 32,107 1 8,327 0 0 Sunk 31 July 1944 First use of Squid. HMS Starling and HMS Loch Killin
U-334 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 14,372 0 0 0 0 Sunk 14 June 1943 HMS Jed & HMS Pelican
U-335 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 August 1942 HMS Saracen
U-336 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 4,919 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 October 1943 RAF Hudson
U-337 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missing 3 January 1943
U-338 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 4 21,927 1 7,134 0 0 Missing 20 September 1943
U-339 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-340 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 2 November 1943 HMS Fleetwood, HMS Active and HMS Witherington and RAF Wellington bomber
U-341 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 September 1943 RCAF Liberator
U-342 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 April 1944 RCAF Canso
U-343 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 10 March 1944 HMS Mull
U-344 1943 VIIC 1 1,350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 22 August 1944 RN Swordfish
U-345 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stricken 13 December 1943 Bombed in Kiel by US aircraft
U-346 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 20 September 1943 Diving accident
U-347 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 July 1944 RAF Liberator
U-348 1943 VIIC Hans-Joachim Förster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 March 1945 US aircraft
U-349 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-350 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 March 1945 US aircraft
U-351 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-352 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 9 May 1942 USCGC Icarus
U-353 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 October 1942 HMS Fame
U-354 1942 VIIC 2 12,720 0 0 1 7,176 1 3,771 0 0 Sunk 24 August 1944 HMS Mermaid, HMS Peacock, HMS Loch Dunvegan and HMS Keppel
U-355 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 5,082 0 0 0 0 Missing 1 April 1944
U-356 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 13,649 1 7,051 0 0 Sunk 27 December 1942 HMS Cygnet, HMCS Chilliwack, HMCS Battleford and HMCS Napanee
U-357 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 26 December 1942 HMS Hesperus and HMS Vanessa
U-358 1942 VIIC 1 1,192 0 0 4 17,753 0 0 0 0 Sunk 1 March 1944 HMS Gould, HMS Affleck, HMS Gore and HMS Garlies
U-359 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 26 July 1943 US Mariner
U-360 1942 VIIC 0 0 1 1,540 0 0 1 7,153 0 0 Sunk 2 April 1944 HMS Keppel
U-361 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 July 1944 RAF Catalina
U-362 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 September 1944 Depth charged by Soviet minesweeper T-116
U-363 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-364 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 January 1944 RAF Halifax
U-365 1943 VIIC 3 1,355 1 1,710 1 7,540 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 December 1944 RN Swordfish
U-366 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 March 1944 RN Swordfish
U-367 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 March 1945 Struck a mine
U-368 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 5 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-369 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-370 1943 VIIC 2 832 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-371 1941 VIIC Waldemar Mehl,
Horst-Arno Fenski
3 2,831 2 2,500 8 51,401 4 28,072 2 13,341 Scuttled 4 May 1944 USS Pride, USS Joseph E. Campbell, FFL Sénégalais, and HMS Blankney
U-372 1941 VIIC 1 14,650 0 0 3 11,751 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 August 1942 HMS Sikh, HMS Zulu, HMS Croome, HMS Tetcott and RAF Wellington
U-373 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 10,263 0 0 0 0 Sunk 8 June 1944 RAF Liberator
U-374 1941 VIIC 2 992 0 0 1 3,349 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 January 1942 HMS Unbeaten
U-375 1941 VIIC 0 0 1 2,650 8 8,090 0 0 1 6,288 Misiing 25 July 1943
U-376 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 10,146 0 0 0 0 Missing 7 April 1943
U-377 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 January 1944 HMS Wanderer and HMS Glenarm
U-378 1941 VIIC 1 1,920 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 20 October 1943 USN Avenger and Wildcat aircraft
U-379 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 8,904 0 0 0 0 Sunk 8 August 1942 HMS Dianthus
U-380 1941 VIIC Albrecht Brandi 0 0 0 0 2 14,063 1 7,191 1 7,178 Sunk 11 March 1944 US aircraft
U-381 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missing 10 May 1943
U-382 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,811 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945 Having earlier been sunk & raised
U-383 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 423 0 0 0 0 Sunk 1 August 1943 RAF Sunderland
U-384 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 13,407 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 March 1943 RAF Fortress
U-385 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 August 1944 RAAF Sunderland and HMS Starling
U-386 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 1,997 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 February 1944 HMS Spey
U-387 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 9 December 1944 HMS Bamborough Castle
U-388 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 20 June 1943 USAF Catalina
U-389 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 October 1943 RAF Liberator
U-390 1943 VIIC 1 545 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 July 1944 HMS Wanderer and HMS Tavy
U-391 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 December 1943 RAF Liberator
U-392 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 March 1944 HMS Vanoc, HMS Affleck and US Catalina aircraft
U-393 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945 After being attacked by US aircraft
U-394 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 2 September 1944 RN Swordfish,HMS KeppelD84 (6) and HMS Whitehall, HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock
U-396 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missing 11 April 1945 Estimated date
U-397 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-398 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missing 17 April 1945
U-399 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 362 0 0 1 7,176 Sunk 26 March 1945 HMS Duckworth
U-400 1944 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 15 December 1944 Struck a mine
U-401 1940 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 August 1941 HMS Wanderer, HMS St. Albans and HMS Hydrangea
U-402 1940 VIIC Siegfried von Forstner 1 602 0 0 14 70,434 3 28,682 0 0 Sunk 13 October 1943 USN TBM Avenger & F4F Wildcat aircraft
U-403 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 12,946 0 0 0 0 Sunk 18 August 1943 RAF Wellington bomber (French aircrew)
U-404 1941 VIIC Otto von Bülow 1 1,120 0 0 14 71,450 2 16,689 0 0 Sunk 28 July 1943 US & RAF Liberators
U-405 1941 VIIC 3 361 0 0 2 11,841 0 0 0 0 Sunk 1 November 1943 USS Borie
U-406 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 7,452 3 13,285 0 0 Sunk 18 February 1944 HMS Spey
U-407 1941 VIIC 0 0 2 17,900 3 26,892 1 6,207 1 7,176 Sunk 19 September 1944 HMS Troubridge, HMS Terpsichore and ORP Garland
U-408 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 19,689 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 November 1942 US Catalina
U-409 1941 VIIC 1 10 0 0 4 24,961 1 7,519 0 0 Sunk 12 July 1943 HMS Inconstant
U-410 1941 VIIC Horst-Arno Fenski 2 6,895 0 0 7 47,244 1 7,134 1 3,722 Sunk 11 March 1944 US aircraft
U-411 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 November 1942 RAF Hudson
U-412 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 22 October 1942 RAF Wellington
U-413 1942 VIIC Gustav Poel 1 1,100 0 0 5 36,885 0 0 0 0 Sunk 20 August 1944 HMS Wensleydale, HMS Forester and HMS Vidette
U-414 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 5,979 1 7,134 0 0 Sunk 25 May 1943 HMS Vetch
U-415 1942 VIIC Herbert Werner 1 1,340 0 0 1 4,917 1 5,486 0 0 Sunk 14 July 1944 Struck a mine
U-416 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 December 1944 Sunk then raised & re-entered service. Collision with German minesweeper
U-417 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 June 1943 RAF Fortress
U-418 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 May 1943 RAF Catalina
U-419 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 8 October 1943 RAF Liberator
U-420 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missing 20 October 1943
U-421 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 April 1944 US aircraft
U-422 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 October 1943 USN aircraft
U-423 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 June 1944 Norwegian Catalina
U-424 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 February 1944 HMS Woodpecker & HMS Wild Goose
U-425 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 February 1945 HMS Lark and HMS Alnwick Castle
U-426 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 6,625 0 0 0 0 Sunk 8 January 1944 RAAF Sunderland
U-427 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-428 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945 Originally Italian sub S-1
U-429 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 March 1945 US aircraft. Originally Italian sub S-4
U-430 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 March 1945 US aircraft. Originally Italian sub S-6
U-431 1941 VIIC Wilhelm Dommes,
Dietrich Schöneboom
3 3,861 1 450 6 7,679 1 3,560 0 0 Sunk 21 October 1943 RAF Wellington
U-432 1941 VIIC Heinz-Otto Schultze 1 1,340 0 0 20 67,991 2 15,666 0 0 Sunk 11 March 1943 Free French Aconit
U-433 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,215 0 0 Sunk 16 November 1941 HMS Marigold
U-434 1941 VIIC Wolfgang Heyda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 18 December 1941 HMS Blankney and HMS Stanley
U-435 1941 VIIC Siegfried Strelow 4 3,311 0 0 9 53,712 0 0 0 0 Sunk 9 July 1943 RAF Wellington
U-436 1941 VIIC Günther Seibicke 1 291 0 0 6 36,208 2 15,575 0 0 Sunk 26 May 1943 HMS Test and HMS Hyderabad
U-437 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stricken 5 October 1944 Bomb damage
U-438 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 12,045 1 5,496 0 0 Sunk 6 May 1943 HMS Pelican
U-439 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 May 1943 Collision with U-659
U-440 1941 VIIC Heinz Sieder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 31 May 1943 RAF Sunderland
U-441 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 7,051 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 June 1944 RAF Liberator
U-442 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 4 25,417 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 February 1943 RAF Hudson
U-443 1942 VIIC 1 1,087 0 0 3 19,435 0 0 0 0 Sunk 23 February 1943 HMS Bicester, HMS Lamerton and HMS Wheatland
U-444 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 March 1943 HMS Harvester & Free French Aconit
U-445 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 24 August 1944 HMS Louis
U-446 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 3 May 1945
U-447 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 7 May 1943 RAF Hudson
U-448 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 14 April 1944 HMS Pelican and HMCS Swansea
U-449 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 24 June 1943 HMS Wren, HMS Woodpecker, HMS Kite and HMS Wild Goose
U-450 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 10 March 1944 HMS Blankney, HMS Brecon, HMS Exmoor, HMS Blencathra and USS Madison
U-451 1941 VIIC 1 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 21 December 1941 RN Swordfish
U-452 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 25 August 1941 HMS Vascama & RAF Catalina
U-453 1941 VIIC Egon-Reiner von Schlippenbach 2 2,540 1 9,716 9 23,289 1 6,894 0 0 Sunk 21 May 1944 HMS Termagant, HMS Tenacious & HMS Liddesdale
U-454 1941 VIIC 1 1,870 0 0 1 557 1 5,395 0 0 Sunk 1 August 1943 RAAF Sunderland
U-455 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 3 17,685 0 0 0 0 Sunk 5 April 1944 Struck a mine
U-456 1941 VIIC Max-Martin Teichert 0 0 1 11,500 6 31,528 1 6,421 0 0 Sunk 12 May 1943 HMS Opportune & RAF Liberator
U-457 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 15,593 1 8,939 0 0 Sunk 16 September 1942 HMS Impulsive
U-458 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 7,584 0 0 0 0 Sunk 22 August 1943 HMS Easton and the Greek escort destroyer Pindos
U-459 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 24 July 1943 Milch Cow; RAF Wellington
U-460 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 October 1943 USN TBM Avenger & F4F Wildcat aircraft
U-461 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 July 1943 Milch Cow; RAAF Sunderland
U-462 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 July 1943 RAF Halifax, HMS Wren, HMS Kite, HMS Woodpecker, HMS Wild Goose and HMS Woodcock
U-463 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 May 1943 Milch Cow; RAF Halifax
U-464 1941 XIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 20 August 1942 Milch Cow; US Catalina
U-465 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 2 May 1943 RAAF Sunderland
U-466 1942 VIIC Gerhard Thäter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 19 August 1944
U-467 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 25 May 1943 US Catalina
U-468 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 1 6,537 0 0 0 0 Sunk 11 August 1943 RAF Liberator, Lloyd Allan Trigg VC
U-469 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 25 March 1943 RAF Fortress
U-470 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 October 1943 RAF Liberator
U-471 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 August 1944 US Liberator
U-472 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 March 1944 HMS Onslaught, HMS Chaser and Fairey Swordfish
U-473 1943 VIIC 1 1,400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 May 1944 HMS Starling, HMS Wren and HMS Wild Goose
U-475 1943 VIIC 0 0 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 3 May 1945
U-476 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 25 May 1944
U-477 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 June 1944 RCAF Canso
U-478 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 June 1944 RCAF Canso & RAF Liberator
U-479 1943 VIIC Hans-Joachim Förster 0 0 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 27 November 1944
U-480 1943 VIIC Hans-Joachim Förster 2 1,775 0 0 2 12,846 0 0 0 0 Sunk 29 January 1945 Struck a mine
U-481 1943 VIIC 3 160 1 26 4 1,165 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-482 1943 VIIC 1 1,010 0 0 4 31,611 0 0 0 0 Sunk 25 November 1944 HMS Ascension
U-483 1943 VIIC 1 1,300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 9 May 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-484 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 9 September 1944 HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Helmsdale
U-485 1944 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrendered 12 May 1945

Type VIID[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-213 1941 VIID Sunk 31 July 1942 HMS Erne, HMS Rochester and HMS Sandwich
U-214 1941 VIID Sunk 26 July 1944 HMS Cooke
U-215 1941 VIID Sunk 3 July 1942 HMS Le Tiger
U-216 1941 VIID Sunk 20 October 1942 RAF Liberator
U-217 1941 VIID Sunk 5 June 1943 US Avenger
U-218 1941 VIID Sunk 4 December 1945 Operation Deadlight

Type IX Boats[edit]

Type IXA[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-37 1938 IXA Werner Hartmann,
Victor Oehrn,
Asmus Nicolai Clausen,
Ulrich Folkers,
Albert Lauzemis
2 2,404 0 0 53 200,063 1 9,494 0 0 Scuttled 8 May 1945
U-38 1938 IXA Heinrich Liebe 0 0 0 0 35 188,967 1 3,670 0 0 Scuttled 5 May 1945
U-39 1938 IXA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 14 September 1939 HMS Faulknor, HMS Foxhound and HMS Firedrake
U-40 1938 IXA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 October 1939 Struck a mine
U-41 1939 IXA 0 0 0 0 5 22,815 1 8,096 0 0 Sunk 5 February 1940 HMS Antelope
U-42 1939 IXA 0 0 0 0 1 4,803 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 October 1939 HMS Imogen and HMS Ilex
U-43 1939 IXA Wolfgang Lüth 0 0 0 0 21 117,036 1 10,350 1 9,131 Sunk 30 July 1943 US Grumman Avenger aircraft
U-44 1939 IXA 0 0 0 0 8 30,885 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 March 1940 Struck a mine

Type IXB[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-64 1939 IXB Sunk 13 April 1940 RN Swordfish
U-65 1940 IXB Sunk 28 April 1941 HMS Douglas
U-103 1940 IXB Scuttled 3 May 1945
U-104 1940 IXB Sunk 28 November 1940 Struck a mine
U-105 1940 IXB Sunk 2 June 1943 Free French Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat
U-106 1940 IXB Sunk 2 August 1943 RAAF Sunderland
U-107 1940 IXB Sunk 18 August 1944 RAF Sunderland
U-108 1940 IXB Scuttled 11 April 1944 Air raid
U-109 1940 IXB Sunk 4 May 1943 RAF Liberator
U-110 1940 IXB Captured 9 May 1941 HMS Aubrietia,
HMS Broadway,
HMS Bulldog
U-111 1940 IXB Sunk 4 October 1941 HMS Lady Shirley
U-122 1939 IXB 0 Missing 22 June 1940
U-123 1940 IXB Scuttled 19 August 1944
U-124 1940 IXB Sunk 2 April 1943 HMS Stonecrop and HMS Black Swan

Type IXC[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-66 1940 IXC Robert-Richard Zapp,
Friedrich Markworth
0 0 2 64 33 200,021 2 22,674 0 0 Sunk 6 May 1944 USS Buckley, US Avenger & Wildcat aircraft
U-67 1940 IXC Heinrich Bleichrodt,
Günther Müller-Stöckheim
0 0 0 0 13 72,138 5 29,726 0 0 Sunk 16 July 1943 US Avenger aircraft
U-68 1940 IXC Karl-Friedrich Merten,
Albert Lauzemis
1 545 0 0 32 197,453 0 0 0 0 Sunk 10 April 1944 US Avenger & Wildcat aircraft
U-125 1940 IXC Günther Kuhnke,
Ulrich Folkers
0 0 0 0 17 82,873 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 May 1943 HMS Oribi and HMS Snowflake
U-126 1940 IXC Ernst Bauer 1 450 0 0 24 111,564 5 37,501 2 14,173 Sunk 3 July 1943 RAF Wellington
U-127 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 15 December 1941 HMAS Nestor
U-128 1941 IXC Ulrich Heyse 0 0 0 0 12 83,639 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 May 1943 USS Moffett & USS Jouett
U-129 1941 IXC Asmus Nicolai Clausen,
Hans Witt
0 0 0 0 29 143,748 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 18 August 1944 Taken out of service
U-130 1941 IXC Ernst Kals 3 34,407 0 0 21 127,608 1 6,986 0 0 Sunk 12 March 1943 USS Champlin
U-131 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 1 4,016 0 0 0 0 Scuttled 17 December 1941 HMS Exmoor, HMS Blankney, HMS Stanley, HMS Pentstemon, HMS Stork, FAA Martlet aircraft
U-153 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 3 16,186 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 July 1943 USS Lansdowne
U-154 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 10 49,288 2 15,771 1 8,166 Sunk 3 July 1944 USS Inch & USS Frost
U-155 1941 IXC Adolf Piening,
Ludwig von Friedeburg
1 13,785 1 6,736 25 126,664 0 0 0 0 Sunk 21 December 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-156 1941 IXC Werner Hartenstein 0 0 1 1,190 19 97,489 3 18,811 0 0 Sunk 8 March 1943 US Catalina
U-157 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 1 6,401 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 June 1942 USCGC Thetis
U-158 1941 IXC Erwin Rostin 0 0 0 0 17 101,321 2 15,264 0 0 Sunk 30 June 1942 US Mariner
U-159 1941 IXC Helmut Witte 0 0 0 0 23 119,554 1 265 0 0 Sunk 28 July 1943 US Mariner
U-160 1941 IXC Georg Lassen 1 730 0 0 25 155,352 5 34,419 0 0 Sunk 14 July 1943 US Avenger & Wildcat aircraft
U-161 1941 IXC Hans Witt,
Albrecht Achilles
1 1,130 1 5,450 12 60,107 5 35,672 1 3,305 Sunk 27 September 1943 US Mariner
U-162 1941 IXC Jürgen Wattenberg 0 0 0 0 14 82,027 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 September 1942 HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin
U-163 1941 IXC 1 2,000 0 0 3 15,011 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 March 1943 HMCS Prescott
U-164 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 3 8,133 0 0 0 0 Sunk 6 January 1943 US Catalina
U-165 1941 IXC 1 358 1 7,252 2 8,396 3 14,499 0 0 Sunk 27 September 1942 RAF Wellington
U-166 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 4 7,593 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 July 1942 US Navy patrol craft PC-566
U-167 1942 IXC/40 0 0 0 0 1 5,449 1 7,200 0 0 Scuttled 6 April 1943 Following air attack
U-168 1941 IXC/40 1 1,440 0 0 2 6,568 1 9,804 0 0 Sunk 6 October 1944 HNLMS Zwaardvisch
U-169 1942 IXC/40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 27 March 1943 RAF Fortress
U-170 1942 IXC/40 0 0 0 0 1 4,663 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 November 1945 Operation Deadlight
U-171 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 3 17,641 0 0 0 0 Sunk 9 October 1942 Struck a mine
U-172 1941 IXC Carl Emmermann 0 0 0 0 26 152,080 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 December 1943 USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram, USS Du Pont plus US Grumman Avenger and Grumman Wildcat aircraft
U-173 1941 IXC 1 9,359 3 19,915 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 16 November 1942 USS Woolsey, USS Swanson, and USS Quick
U-174 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 5 30,813 0 0 0 0 Sunk 27 April 1943 US Lockheed Ventura
U-175 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 10 40,619 0 0 0 0 Sunk 17 April 1943 USCGC Spencer
U-176 1941 IXC 0 0 0 0 11 53,307 0 0 0 0 Sunk 15 May 1943 Cuban patrol boat CS 13
U-183 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 23 April 1945 USS Besugo
U-184 1942 IXC/40 Missing 21 November 1942
U-185 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 24 August 1943 US Avenger & Wildcat aircraft
U-186 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 12 May 1943 HMS Hesperus
U-187 1941 IXC/40 Sunk 4 February 1943 HMS Vimy & HMS Beverley
U-188 1942 IXC/40 Scuttled 25 August 1944 Prevent Allied capture
U-189 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 23 April 1943 RAF Liberator
U-190 1942 IXC/40 Surrendered 14 May 1945
U-191 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 23 April 1943 HMS Hesperus
U-192 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 6 May 1943 HMS Loosestrife
U-193 1942 IXC/40 Missing 24 April 1944
U-194 1942 IXC/40 Sunk 24 June 1943 US Catalina

Type IXD[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-177 1941 IXD2 Sunk 6 February 1944 US Liberator
U-178 1941 IXD2 Scuttled 25 August 1944 Escape capture
U-179 1941 IXD2 Sunk 8 October 1942 HMS Active
U-180 1941 IXD1 Missing 23 August 1944
U-181 1941 IXD2 Scuttled 12 February 1946 Taken over by Japan I-501
U-182 1942 IXD2 Sunk 16 May 1943 USS MacKenzie
U-195 1942 IXD1 0 0 0 0 2 14,391 1 6,797 0 0 Surrendered August 1945 Became Japanese sub I-506
U-196 1942 IXD2 Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat 0 0 0 0 3 17,739 0 0 0 0 Missing 1 December 1944
U-197 1942 IXD2 Robert Bartels 0 0 0 0 3 21,267 1 7,181 0 0 Sunk 20 August 1943 RAF Catalina
U-198 1942 IXD2 Werner Hartmann 0 0 0 0 11 59,690 0 0 0 0 Sunk 12 August 1944 HMS Findhorn & HMIS Godavari
U-199 1942 IXD2 Hans-Werner Kraus 0 0 0 0 2 4,181 0 0 0 0 Sunk 31 July 1943 US PBM Mariner& Brazilian Lockheed Hudson aircraft
U-200 1942 IXD2 Heinrich Schonder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 24 June 1943 RAF Liberator

Type X Boats[edit]

Type XB[edit]

Name Type Commis-
sioned
Lost /
Struck
War Loss Postwar
U-116 XB 1941 Missing 6 October 1942
U-117 XB 1941 Sunk 7 August 1943 US Avenger aircraft
U-118 XB 1941 Sunk 12 June 1943 US Avenger aircraft
U-119 XB 1942 Sunk 24 June 1943 HMS Starling
U-219 XB 1942 Surrendered August 1945 Became Japanese sub I-505
U-220 XB 1943 Sunk 28 October 1943 US Avenger & Wildcat aircraft
U-233 XB 1943 Sunk 5 July 1944 USS Baker & USS Thomas
U-234 XB 1943 Surrendered 19 May 1945 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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