The Kriegsmarine (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war "Reichsmarine" (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The "Kriegsmarine" was one of three official branches, along with the "Heer" and the "Luftwaffe" of the "Wehrmacht", the German armed forces from 1933 to 1945. In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the "Kriegsmarine" grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines. "Kriegsmarine" ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supported the Nationalists against the Spanish Republicans.
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Kriegsmarine
Kriegsmarine | Introduction
The Kriegsmarine, navy of Nazi Germany Nazi German Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine Germany.
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It originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean as the North Atlantic Current.
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A ship "Mardi Gras" sank around the early 19th century about off the coast of Louisiana in of water. The German submarine "U-166" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II was laid down.
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201 Squadron RAF which then escorted it, the submarine proceeded to the Allied base at Loch Eriboll, Scotland on 10 May 1945 to surrender.
German submarine U-1105 | Kriegsmarine
German submarine "U-504" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 April 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 294, launched on 24 April 1941 and commissioned on 30 July 1941 under the command of "Korvettenkapitän" Hans-Georg Friedrich "Fritz" Poske. Initially attached to the 4th U-boat Flotilla for training, the U-boat was transferred to the 2nd flotilla on 1 January 1942 for front-line service. She was a member of six wolfpacks.
German submarine U-504 | Introduction
Her keel was laid down on 19 July 1944 by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg. She was commissioned on 12 October 1944 with "Kapitänleutnant" Hans Bungards in command. Bungards was relieved on 27 April 1945 by "Fregattenkapitän" Erich Topp, who commanded the boat for less than two weeks. "U-2513" conducted no war patrols. On 8 May 1945, Topp surrendered his command at Horten Naval Base, Norway. "U-2513" was taken to Oslo on 20 May, then to Lishally, Northern Ireland, which she reached on 7 June. In August 1945, the U-boat was transferred to the United States.
German submarine U-2513 | Kriegsmarine
The Allied search for "U-1105" and the search for "Redmill's" survivors began immediately. The submarine, unable to maintain its 330-foot depth, sank to the bottom at 570 feet, remaining motionless. For the next 31 hours, the Allied squadron searched for the U-boat without success. "U-1105" evaded detection for the remainder of World War II. On 4 May 1945, "U-1105" received the last order from "Großadmiral" Karl Dönitz: the war is over. Ironically, the submarine surrendered to the 21st Escort Group, the same escort group it attacked just a few weeks earlier. Ordered to the surface and intercepted by the Sunderland "NS-V" of No.
German submarine U-1105 | Kriegsmarine
German submarine "U-649" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 12 January 1942 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 30 September 1942, and commissioned on 19 November 1942 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Raimund Tiesler.
German submarine U-649 | Introduction
The submarine was laid down on 16 August 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 4 October 1944, and commissioned on 4 November 1944 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Friedrich Weidner. After training with "31st U-boat Flotilla", "U-2518" was transferred to "11th U-boat Flotilla" for front-line service on 1 April 1945, though this was too late for the U-boat to sail on any combat patrols or sink any ships. On 8 May 1945, she surrendered to British forces at Horten Naval Base, Norway. She was taken to Lisahally, Londonderry. "U-2518" was handed over by the British to the French Marine Nationale.
French submarine Roland Morillot (S613) | Kriegsmarine
German submarine "U-555" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 2 January 1940 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 531, launched on 7 December 1940, and commissioned on 30 January 1941 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Hans-Joachim Horrer.
German submarine U-555 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1105", a Type VII-C/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", was built at the Nordseewerke Shipyard, Emden, Germany, and commissioned on 3 June 1944. "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Joachim Schwarz was given command. He would command "U-1105" for the remainder of the war.
German submarine U-1105 | Introduction
German submarine "U-554" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 December 1939 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 530, launched on 7 November 1940, and commissioned on 15 January 1941 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Dietrich Lohmann.
German submarine U-554 | Introduction
German submarine "U-682" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 21 December 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 7 March 1944, and commissioned on 17 April 1944 under the command of "Leutnant zur See d.R." Sven Thienemann.
German submarine U-682 | Introduction
German submarine "U-643" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 December 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 20 August 1942, and commissioned on 8 October 1942 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Harald Speidel. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-643" completed her training period on 30 June 1943 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-643 | Introduction
German submarine "U-644" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 December 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 20 August 1942, and commissioned on 15 October 1942 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Kurt Jensen. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-644" completed her training period on 31 March 1943 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-644 | Introduction
"U-766" was launched in Wilhelmshaven on 29 May 1943, and was commissioned on 30 July 1943 under the command "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Dietrich Wilke. She was part of the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training until 29 February 1944, when she was transferred to the frontline in the 6th U-boat flotilla. She sailed five uneventful patrols. She was de-commissioned at La Rochelle on 24 August 1944, and was surrendered on 8 May 1945.
French submarine Laubie (S610) | Kriegsmarine
German submarine "U-1306" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 1 August 1942, and was laid down on 23 September 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 499. She was launched on 25 October 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Ulrich Kiessling on 20 December 1944.
German submarine U-1306 | Introduction
German submarine "U-193" was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" built during World War II for service in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarine was laid down on 22 December 1941 at the AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1039. She was launched on 24 August 1942 and commissioned on 10 December under the command of "Korvettenkapitän" Hans Paukstadt. She was a member of two wolfpacks and carried out four war patrols in which she sank one ship, before being lost herself in the Bay of Biscay in April 1944.
German submarine U-193 | Introduction
German submarine "U-646" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 23 December 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 3 September 1942, and commissioned on 29 October 1942 under the command of "Leutnant zur See d.R." Heinrich Wulff. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-646" completed her training period on 31 March 1943 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-646 | Introduction
German submarine "U-551" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 21 November 1939 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 527, launched on 14 September 1940, and commissioned on 7 November 1940 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Karl Schrott.
German submarine U-551 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1307" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 1 August 1942, and was laid down on 2 December 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 500. She was launched on 29 September 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans Buscher on 17 November 1944.
German submarine U-1307 | Introduction
German submarine "U-209" was a Type VIIC U-boat of the "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 28 November 1940 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 638, launched on 28 August 1941 and commissioned on 11 November under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Heinrich Brodda. She was lost in May 1943, possibly due to a diving accident.
German submarine U-209 | Introduction
German submarine "U-683" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 23 December 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 7 March 1944, and commissioned on 30 May 1944 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Günter Keller. Attached to "31st U-boat Flotilla" based at Wesermünde, "U-683" completed her training period on 31 December 1944 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-683 | Introduction
German submarine "U-585" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out four patrols, but sank no ships. She was a member of one wolfpack. The boat was sunk by a drifting German mine in the Barents Sea in March 1942.
German submarine U-585 | Introduction
German submarine "U-273" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 5 December 1941 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 38, she was launched on 2 September 1942 and commissioned on 21 October under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Adolf Engel.
German submarine U-273 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2346" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 14 September 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 500. She was launched on 31 October 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hermann von der Höhon on 20 November 1944.
German submarine U-2346 | Introduction
German submarine "U-347" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was a member of three wolfpacks. She was on her fourth patrol when she was sunk by a British aircraft in July 1944.
German submarine U-347 | Introduction
German submarine "U-444" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out two patrols, and was a member of three wolfpacks, but sank no ships. She was sunk by Allied warships in mid-Atlantic in March 1943.
German submarine U-444 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2343" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 31 August 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 497. She was launched on 18 October 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Harald Fuhlendorf on 6 November 1944.
German submarine U-2343 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1303" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 2 April 1942, and was laid down on 8 April 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 496. She was launched on 10 February 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinz Baum on 5 April 1944.
German submarine U-1303 | Introduction
German submarine "U-976" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 9 July 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 176. She was launched on 25 March 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Raimund Tiesler on 5 May 1943.
German submarine U-976 | Introduction
German submarine "U-977" was a World War II Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" which escaped to Argentina after Germany's surrender. The submarine's voyage to Argentina led to legends, apocryphal stories and conspiracy theories that it and had transported escaping Nazi leaders (such as Adolf Hitler) and/or Nazi gold to South America, that it had made a secret voyage to Antarctica, and even that it sank the Brazilian cruiser "Bahia" as the last act of the Battle of the Atlantic.
German submarine U-977 | Introduction
German submarine "U-53" was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was laid down on 13 March 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel and went into service on 24 June 1939 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" ("Oblt.z.S.") Dietrich Knorr.
German submarine U-53 (1939) | Introduction
German submarine "U-428" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was scuttled in northern Germany in May 1945. The wreck was broken up in 1946.
German submarine U-428 | Introduction
"U-3008" left Wilhelmshaven for patrol on 3 May 1945, but returned to port after the surrender. On 21 June 1945 she was taken by the Allies from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan, thence transferred to the United States, reaching New London, Connecticut, on 22 August.
German submarine U-3008 | Kriegsmarine
The submarine was sunk on 21 September 1942 by a mine near Kahlberg (now Krynica Morska in Poland) in the Gulf of Danzig. She was raised on 8 November and scuttled near Kiel on 3 May 1945. She was broken up in 1947. Twenty-three men died in the mine sinking; there were eighteen survivors.
German submarine U-446 | Fate
German submarine "U-337" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 April 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden, launched on 26 March 1942, and commissioned on 6 May 1942 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Kurt Ruwiedel.
German submarine U-337 | Introduction
German submarine "U-481" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 6 February 1943 at the Deutsche Werke yard in Kiel, launched on 25 September 1943, and commissioned on 10 November 1943 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Ewald Pick.
German submarine U-481 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1304" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 2 April 1942, and was laid down on 17 May 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 497. She was launched on 4 August 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Walter Süss on 6 September 1944.
German submarine U-1304 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1007" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 23 March 1942, and was laid down on 15 February 1943, at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 207. She was launched on 8 December 1943, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans Hornkohl on 18 January 1944.
German submarine U-1007 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2348" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 22 September 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 502. She was launched on 11 November 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Georg Goschzik on 4 December 1944.
German submarine U-2348 | Introduction
German submarine "U-648" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 24 December 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 16 September 1942, and commissioned on 12 November 1942 under the command of "Leutnant zur See d.R." Peter-Arthur Stahl. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-648" completed her training period on 30 April 1943 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-648 | Introduction
German submarine "U-955" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 10 April 1941, and was laid down on 23 February 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 155. She was launched on 14 November 1942 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Heinrich Baden on 31 December 1942.
German submarine U-955 | Introduction
German submarine "U-346" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was laid down at the "Nordseewerke" in Emden as yard number 218 on 28 October 1942, launched on 13 April 1943 and commissioned on 7 June of the same year under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Arno Leisten. She had been built for operations during the Battle of the Atlantic, but was the victim of an accident before she started operations.
German submarine U-346 | Introduction
German submarine "U-963" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 20 April 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 163. She was launched on 30 December 1942 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Karl Boddenberg on 17 February 1943.
German submarine U-963 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1301" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 2 April 1942, and was laid down on 20 January 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 494. She was launched on 22 December 1943, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Karl-Heinrich Feufel on 11 February 1944.
German submarine U-1301 | Introduction
German submarine "U-647" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 December 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 16 September 1942, and commissioned on 5 November 1942 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Willi Hertin. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-647" completed her training period on 31 March 1943 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-647 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1279" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 13 June 1942, and was laid down on 26 August 1943, at Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen, as yard number 74. She was commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans Falke on 5 July 1944.
German submarine U-1279 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2345" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 7 September 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 499. She was launched on 28 October 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Karl Steffen on 15 November 1944.
German submarine U-2345 | Introduction
German submarine "U-216" was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Her keel was laid down 1 January 1941 by Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 648. She was launched on 23 October 1941 and commissioned on 15 December 1941 with "Oberleutnant zur See" Karl-Otto Schultz in command.
German submarine U-216 | Introduction
German submarine "U-383" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Kiel, launched on 22 April 1942, and commissioned on 6 June under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Horst Kremser.
German submarine U-383 | Introduction
Her captain and most of her crew were rescued by US vessels, and taken to Argentia Naval Station. It was from this crew that the USN eventually learned that no V-1/2 attacks from the U-boats were planned by the Kriegsmarine.
German submarine U-546 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1006" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 30 January 1943, at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 206. She was launched on 17 November 1943, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Horst Voigt on 11 January 1944.
German submarine U-1006 | Introduction
German submarine "U-416" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was sunk by a Soviet mine, March 1943; also sunk, December 1944 in the Baltic Sea after a collision with a German ship.
German submarine U-416 | Introduction
German submarine "U-645" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1941 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 621, launched on 3 September 1942 and commissioned on 22 October 1942 under "Leutnant zur See" Otto Ferro.
German submarine U-645 | Introduction
German submarine "U-907" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 6 August 1942, and was laid down on 1 April 1943 at H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg, as yard number 804. She was launched on 1 March 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Servais Cabolet on 18 May 1944.
German submarine U-907 | Introduction
German submarine "U-588" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out four patrols, was a member of two wolfpacks, sank seven ships of and damaged another vessel of . The boat was sunk by depth charges dropped by Canadian warships, east northeast of St.Johns, in July 1942.
German submarine U-588 | Introduction
German submarine "U-393" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She did not carry out any patrols and did not sink or damage any ships. She was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Flensburger Förde.
German submarine U-393 | Introduction
German submarine "U-503" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 April 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 293, launched on 5 April 1941 and commissioned on 10 July 1941 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Otto Gericke. The boat's service began with her being assigned to the 2nd U-boat Flotilla on her commissioning date for training and continuing with it for operations from 1 February 1942.
German submarine U-503 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2511" was a Type XXI submarine of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The "Elektroboot" submarine was laid down on 7 July 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 2 September 1944, and commissioned on 29 September 1944 under the command of Adalbert Schnee.
German submarine U-2511 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2356" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 21 October 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 510. She was launched on 19 December 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Friedrich Hartel on 12 January 1945.
German submarine U-2356 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2353" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 10 October 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 507. She was launched on 6 December 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Jürgen Hillmann on 9 January 1945.
German submarine U-2353 | Introduction
German submarine "U-424" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out two patrols. She was a member of four wolfpacks. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was sunk by British warships southwest of Ireland in February 1944.
German submarine U-424 | Introduction
German submarine "U-418" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out one patrol. She was a member of three wolfpacks. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was sunk by a British aircraft in the Bay of Biscay in June 1943.
German submarine U-418 | Introduction
German submarine "U-446" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was sunk in September 1942 by a mine. She was raised in November and scuttled in May 1945. She was broken up in 1947.
German submarine U-446 | Introduction
German submarine "U-437" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out eleven patrols, but sank no ships. She was a member of sixteen wolfpacks. She was damaged by British bombs in Norway in October 1944 and stricken; she was broken up in 1946.
German submarine U-437 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2341" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 23 August 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 495. She was launched on 3 October 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hermann Böhm on 21 October 1944.
German submarine U-2341 | Introduction
German submarine "U-426" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out two patrols. She was a member of seven wolfpacks. She sank one ship. She was sunk by an Australian aircraft in January 1944
German submarine U-426 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1056" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 8 February 1943 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel, as yard number 686. She was launched on 16 December 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Rudolf Schwarz on 20 January 1944.
German submarine U-1056 | Introduction
German submarine "U-681" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 12 October 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 20 November 1943, and commissioned on 3 February 1944 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See d.R." Helmut Bach. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-681" completed her training period on 31 October 1944 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-681 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2354" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 14 October 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 508. She was launched on 10 December 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Dieter Wex on 11 January 1945.
German submarine U-2354 | Introduction
German submarine "U-341" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She did not sink or damage any ships.
German submarine U-341 | Introduction
German submarine "U-285" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 7 July 1942 at the "Bremer Vulkan" yard at Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 50. She was launched on 3 April 1943 and commissioned on 15 May under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Otto Walter.
German submarine U-285 | Introduction
German submarine "U-664" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 11 July 1941 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg as yard number 813, launched on 28 April 1942 and commissioned on 17 June 1942 under "Oberleutnant zur See" Adolf Graef.
German submarine U-664 | Introduction
German submarine "U-951" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 10 April 1941, and was laid down on 31 January 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 151. She was launched on 14 October 1942 and commissioned under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Kurt Pressel on 3 December 1942.
German submarine U-951 | Introduction
German submarine "U-587" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 31 October 1940 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 563, launched on 23 July 1941 and commissioned on 11 September 1941 under "Korvettenkapitän" Ulrich Borcherdt.
German submarine U-587 | Introduction
On her journey from Lisahally to France, she stopped in Dún Laoghaire in February 1946.
French submarine Roland Morillot (S613) | Kriegsmarine
German submarine "U-1305" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 1 August 1942, and was laid down on 30 July 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 498. She was launched on 11 July 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Helmuth Christiansen on 13 September 1944.
German submarine U-1305 | Introduction
German submarine "U-668" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 11 October 1941 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 5 October 1942, and commissioned on 16 November 1942 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Wolfgang von Eickstedt. Attached to "5th U-boat Flotilla" based at Kiel, "U-668" completed her training period on 31 March 1944 and was assigned to front-line service.
German submarine U-668 | Introduction
German submarine "U-641" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 19 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 617, launched on 6 August 1942 and commissioned on 24 September 1942 under "Oberleutnant zur See" Horst Rendtel.
German submarine U-641 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2328" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 19 May 1944 at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, as yard number 482. She was launched on 7 August 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Ullrich Scholle on 25 August 1944.
German submarine U-2328 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2526" was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the ""Elektroboote"") of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", built for service in World War II. She was ordered on 6 November 1943, and was laid down on 16 September 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, as yard number 2526. She was launched on 7 November 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Otto Hohmann, on 15 December 1944.
German submarine U-2526 | Introduction
German submarine "U-506" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 11 July 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 296, launched on 20 June 1941 and commissioned on 15 September 1941 under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Erich Würdemann. After completing her training with the "4th U-boat Flotilla" based at Stettin, "U-506" was transferred to the "10th U-boat Flotilla" for front-line service on 1 February 1942. She sank 14 ships, three were classified as 'damaged' another vessel was declared a 'total loss'. The submarine's missions, particularly the sinking of the merchant ship Heredia and later involvement in the so-called "Laconia Incident" is chronicled in the 2016 book So Close to Home.
German submarine U-506 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1271" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 23 March 1942, and was laid down on 17 April 1943, at Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack, as yard number 66. She was launched on 8 December 1943, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Erwin Knipping on 12 January 1944.
German submarine U-1271 | Introduction
German submarine "U-966" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 5 June 1941, and was laid down on 1 May 1942 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 166. She was launched on 14 January 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Eckehard Wolf on 4 March 1943.
German submarine U-966 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2355" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 18 October 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 509. She was launched on 13 December 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans-Heino Franke on 12 January 1945.
German submarine U-2355 | Introduction
German submarine "U-859" was a Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was one of a select number of U-boats to join "Monsun Gruppe" or Monsoon Group, which operated in the Far East alongside the Imperial Japanese Navy.
German submarine U-859 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2327" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 16 May 1944 at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, as yard number 481. She was launched on 29 July 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinrich Mürl on 19 August 1944.
German submarine U-2327 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1021" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. laid down on 6 May 1943 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, the submarine was launched on 13 April 1944, and commissioned on 25 May 1944, under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" William Holpert.
German submarine U-1021 | Introduction
German submarine "U-926" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 25 August 1941, and was laid down on 1 July 1942 at Neptun Werft AG, Rostock, as yard number 513. She was launched on 28 December 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Eberhard von Wenden on 29 February 1944.
German submarine U-926 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1106" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 28 July 1943, at Nordseewerke, Emden, as yard number 228. She was launched on 26 May 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Erwin Bartke on 5 July 1944.
German submarine U-1106 | Introduction
German submarine "U-531" was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" built for service during World War II. She was laid down at Deutsche Werft in Hamburg as yard number 346 on 22 December 1941, launched on 12 August 1942 and commissioned on 28 October with "Oberleutnant zur See" Herbert Neckel in command. Her service began with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla; she then joined the 2nd flotilla for operations on 1 April 1943, before being sunk on 6 May 1943.
German submarine U-531 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2347" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 19 September 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 501. She was launched on 6 November 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Willibald Ulbing on 2 December 1944.
German submarine U-2347 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2326" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1943, and was laid down on 8 May 1944 at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, as yard number 480. She was launched on 17 July 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Karl Jobst on 10 August 1944.
German submarine U-2326 | Introduction
German submarine "U-851" was a long-range Type IXD2 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 January 1941, and was laid down on 18 March 1942 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen, as yard number 1057. She was launched on 15 January 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Korvettenkapitän" Hannes Weingärtner on 21 May 1943.
German submarine U-851 | Introduction
German submarine "U-923" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 6 June 1941, and was laid down on 21 February 1942 at Neptun Werft AG, Rostock, as yard number 510. She was launched on 7 August 1943 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinz Frömmer on 4 October 1943.
German submarine U-923 | Introduction
German submarine "U-597" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was a member of eight wolfpacks, carried out two patrols but sank no ships. She was sunk southwest of Iceland by a British aircraft, in October 1942.
German submarine U-597 | Introduction
The German submarine "U-626" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The ship was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, and commissioned in May 1942. After six months of basic training she was assigned to the 6th U-boat Flotilla. "U-626" sailed from Bergen in December 1942 on her first operational voyage. She was sunk seven days later by a single depth charge from USCGC "Ingham". The crew of the cutter were unaware of their kill, which was not credited until the war was over.
German submarine U-626 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2357" was a Type XXIII U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 20 September 1944, and was laid down on 21 October 1944 at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as yard number 511. She was launched on 20 December 1944 and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Erwin Heinrich on 13 January 1945.
German submarine U-2357 | Introduction
German submarine "U-2527" was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the ""Elektroboote"") of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", built for service in World War II. She was ordered on 6 November 1943, and was laid down on 20 September 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, as yard number 2527. She was launched on 7 November 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Hans Götze, on 23 December 1944.
German submarine U-2527 | Introduction
German submarine "U-623" was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" for service during World War II. She was laid down on 15 July 1941 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 599, launched on 31 March 1942 and commissioned on 21 May 1942 under "Oberleutnant zur See" Hermann Schrüder.
German submarine U-623 | Introduction
German submarine "U-1003" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 18 January 1943, at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard number 203. She was launched on 27 October 1943, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Werner Strübing on 9 December 1943.
German submarine U-1003 | Introduction
German submarine "U-581" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She carried out two patrols and sank one auxiliary warship of 364 tons. She was scuttled by her own crew after being pursued and attacked by a British warship near the Azores, in February 1942. After 20 years of search, in 2016, in a depth of approx. 900 m, the boat was discovered and filmed.
German submarine U-581 | Introduction