DigestIComplete collection of the fates of German submarines in WWII
As for the legendary incident of a submarine being sunk by a tank, it is fictional, and the submarine in that story was U-103, a Type IXB boat (this type of submarine achieved the most successes among U-boats in WWII). It was launched on September 6, 1939. During its service it sank 45 ships totaling 237,596 tons. Her commander was Viktor Schütze, (a recipient of the Knight's Cross). On April 15, 1945, she was sunk in Kiel naval harbor during a bombing raid.
U-1 submarine: Missing after April 6, 1940. (Possibly torpedoed and sunk by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise in North Sea Area 7.) All 24 crew members missing (dead).
U-2 submarine: On April 8, 1944, sunk west of Pillau (54.48 N，19.55E) after being rammed by the German steam trawler Helmi S?hle. 18 crew members survived, 17 died.
U-3 submarine: Decommissioned on August 1, 1944 at Gotenhafen. Scrapped in 1945.
U-4 submarine: Decommissioned on August 1, 1944 at Gotenhafen. Scrapped in 1945.
U-5 submarine: On March 19, 1943, sank in an accident after diving west of Pillau (54.40N, 19.45E). 21 crew members died, 16 survived.
U-6 submarine: Decommissioned on August 7, 1944 at Gotenhafen.
U-7 submarine: On February 18, 1944, sank in an accident after diving west of Pillau (54.52N, 19.30E). All 21 crew members died.
U-8 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven on May 2, 1945.
U-9 submarine: On August 20, 1944, sunk by Soviet aircraft with bombs in the Black Sea area (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-10 submarine: Sank at Danzig on August 1, 1944.
U-11 submarine: Decommissioned at Kiel on January 5, 1945. Scuttled at Kiel Arsenal on May 3, 1945.
U-12 submarine: On October 8, 1939, struck a mine and sank near Dover in the English Channel. All 27 crew members were killed.
U-13 submarine: On May 31, 1940, in deep waters near Newcastle in the North Sea (52.26N, 02.02E), sunk by the Royal Navy warship HMS Weston. All 26 crew members survived.
U-14 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven on May 2, 1945.
U-15 submarine: On January 30, 1940, rammed and sunk by the German torpedo boat Iltis in the Hoofden area of the North Sea. All 25 crew members perished.
U-16 submarine: On October 25, 1939, in waters near Dover in the English Channel (51.09N, 01.28E), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy submarine chasers HMS Cayton Wyke and HMS Puffin. All 28 crew members were killed.
U-17 submarine: Scuttled on May 5, 1945 at Raeder lock west of Wilhelmshaven.
U-18 submarine: Scuttled on August 25, 1944 in the Konstanza area of the Black Sea (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-19 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-20 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-21 submarine: Ran aground on March 27, 1940 at Oldknuppen Island (58.01N, 07.29E). Later detained by Norway at Kristiansand-Süd. Returned to Germany on April 9, 1940. Decommissioned on August 5, 1944. Broken up in February 1945.
U-22 submarine: Missing in the North Sea since March 27, 1940, possibly sank after striking a mine. All 27 crew members missing.
U-23 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-24 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E). (Another account says scuttled on August 25, 1944 in the Konstanza area of the Black Sea (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-25 submarine: On August 1, 1940, struck a mine and sank in waters off Terschelling in the North Sea (54.14 N，05.07E). All 49 crew members were killed.
U-26 submarine: On July 1, 1940, in the North Atlantic (the North Atlantic，48.03N, 11.30W), jointly sunk by 8 depth charges from the Royal Navy corvette HMS Gladiolus and land-based anti-submarine aircraft (Sqdn 10/H). All 48 crew members survived.
U-27 submarine: On September 20, 1939, in waters west of Scotland (58.35N, 09.02W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy warships HMS Fortune and HMS Forester. All 38 crew members survived.
U-28 submarine: On March 17, 1944, sank due to an operational accident at the Neustadt submarine pier (54.07N, 10.50E). Raised in March 1944. Decommissioned on August 4, 1944.
U-29 submarine: Scuttled on May 4, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay. Broken up in 1948.
U-30 submarine: Scuttled on May 4, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay. Broken up in 1948.
U-31 submarine: On March 11, 1940, sunk by bombers at Bristol, Britain. All 58 crew members died. Raised in March of the same year, repaired and returned to service. On November 2, 1940, off Ireland, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Antelope. 2 crew members died, 44 survived.
U-32 submarine: On October 30, 1940, in waters northwest of Ireland (55.37N, 12.19W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Harvester and HMS Highlander. 9 crew members died, 33 survived.
U-33 submarine: On February 12, 1940, in the Firth of Clyde area (55.25N,05.07W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy HMS Gleaner. 25 crew members died, 17 survived.
U-34 submarine: On August 5, 1943, sank after colliding with another U-boat in the Memel area (55.42N,21.09E). 4 crew members died, 39 survived.
U-35 submarine: On November 2, 1939, in the North Sea area (60.53N,02.47E), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir. All 43 crew members survived.
U-36 submarine: On December 4, 1939, in the southwestern North Sea off Kristiansand (57.00N, 05.20E), sunk by the Royal Navy HMS Salmon. All 40 crew members were lost.
U-37 submarine: Scuttled on May 8, 1945 in Sonderburg Bay (54.55N,09.47E). Broken up shortly afterward.
U-38 submarine: Scuttled on May 5, 1945 at Wesermünde, broken up in 1948.
U-39 submarine: On September 14, 1939, after failing in an attack on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in waters northwest of the Hebrides (58.32N,11.49W), she was sunk by depth charges from the escorting British destroyers Faulknor, Foxhound and Firedrake, and all 44 crewmen became prisoners.
U-40 submarine: On October 13, 1939, struck a mine and sank in the English Channel (50.41.6N,00.15.1E). 45 aboard died, 3 survived.
U-41 submarine: On February 5, 1940, in waters south of Ireland (49.20N,10.04W), sunk by the Royal Navy destroyer Antelope. Not one of the 49 crew survived.
U-42 submarine: On October 13, 1939, in waters southwest of Ireland (49.12N,16.00W), sunk by the Royal Navy destroyers Imgen and Ilex. 26 aboard died, 20 survived.
U-43 submarine: On July 30, 1943, in waters southwest of the Azores (34.57N,35.11W), sunk by an aircraft from the American escort carrier Santee CVE-29 using an Mk24 acoustic torpedo. None of the 55 aboard survived.
U-44 submarine: On March 13, 1940, in North Sea Area 7, attacked by the Royal Navy HMS Express, HMS Esk, HMS Icarus and HMS Impulsive. None of the 47 aboard survived.
U-45 submarine: On October 14, 1939, in waters southwest of Ireland (58N,12.57), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers Inglefield, Ivanhoe and Intrepid. All 38 crew members were killed.
U-46 submarine: Decommissioned in October 1943 at Neustadt. Scuttled on May 3, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay.
U-47 submarine: On March 7, 1941, sank in an accident in waters near Rockall Banks in the North Atlantic (60.00N，19.00W). All 45 crew members were killed.
U-48 submarine: Scuttled on May 3, 1945 at Neustadt, Germany.
U-49 submarine: On April 15, 1940, near Narvik, Norway (68.53N,16.59E), jointly sunk by the Royal Navy destroyers Fearless and Brazen. 1 aboard died, 41 survived and were captured.
U-50 submarine: On April 6, 1940, struck a mine and sank in the Terschelling area of the northern North Sea (51.14N, 05.07E). None of the 44 aboard survived.
U-51 submarine: On August 20, 1940, in the Bay of Biscay west of Nantes (47.06N, 04.51W), sunk by torpedoes from the Royal Navy submarine Cachalot. None of the 44 crew survived.
U-52 1943.10 removed from the naval register, scuttled on 1945.5.3, and the hull was later raised and broken up in 1946-47.
U-53 1940.2.23 sunk in the North Sea by the Royal Navy destroyer Gurkha. None of the crew survived.
U-54 1940.2.20 missing in the North Sea (suspected to have struck a mine and sunk), none of the crew survived.
U-55 1940.1.30 in waters southwest of the Scilly Isles in the English Channel, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer Whitshed, the small anti-submarine vessel Fowey, and the French destroyers Valmy and Guépard, with assistance from an RAF Sunderland anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Apart from 1 man killed, all became prisoners.
U-56 1945.4.28 sunk near Kiel by the RAF. 19 crewmen survived.
U-57 1940.9.3 rammed and sunk by the Norwegian merchant ship Rona off the coast of Norway. Raised in 1940.9. Returned to service on 1941.1.11. Scuttled on 1945.5.3.
U-58 1945.5.3, scuttled.
U-59 1945.4.28 destroyed near Kiel by the RAF.
U-61 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
U-62 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
U-63 On February 25, 1940, in waters south of the Shetland Islands in the North Sea, sunk by depth charges and torpedoes from the Royal Navy destroyers Escort, Inglefield, Imogen and the submarine chaser Narwhal. Only one man aboard survived.
U-64 1940.4.13 during the Battle of Narvik, sunk by two 100-pound depth bombs from a Walrus seaplane launched from the Royal Navy battleship HMS Warspite.
U-65 1941.4.28 sunk in waters southeast of Iceland by the Royal Navy destroyer Douglas. None of the crew survived.
U-66 1944.5.6 in waters west of the Cape Verde Islands, damaged by Wildcat fighters from the American escort carrier Block Island CVE-21, then sunk by the arriving escort destroyer Buckley DE-51.
U-67 1943.7.16 in the Sargasso Sea, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Core CVE-13. Only 3 crew members survived.
U-96 submarine: On March 30, 1945, sunk at Wilhelmshaven, Germany by American aircraft with bombs.
U-111 submarine: On October 4, 1941, in waters southwest of Tenerife (27.15 N，20.27W), sunk by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler Lady Shirley. 8 crewmen died, 44 survived.
U-116 1942.10 missing in the North Atlantic. None of the crew survived.
U-117 1943.8.7 sunk in the North Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Card CVE-11. None of the crew survived.
U-118 1943.6.12 sunk in the central Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Bogue CVE-9. Only 16 survived.
U-119 submarine: On June 24, 1943, in waters northwest of the Bay of Biscay (44.59N，12.24W), sunk by the Royal Navy warship HMS Starling. None of the 57 aboard survived.
U-120 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-121 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-137 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-138 1941.6.18 in waters north of the Strait of Gibraltar, jointly sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound.
U-139 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-140 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-141 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-142 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-144 1941.8.10 in waters north of the Gulf of Finland, sunk by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine SC307. None of the crew survived.
U-146 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-147 1941.6.2 in waters northwest of Ireland, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer and escort ship HMS Periwinkle. None of the crew survived.
U-148 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-151 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-152 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-177 submarine: On February 6, 1944, near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic (10.35N，23.15W), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. Navy Liberator bomber (VB-107/B-3). Of the 65 aboard, only 15 survived.
U-182 submarine: On May 16, 1943, in waters northwest of the Monteiro Islands in the Atlantic (33.35N，20.35W), sunk by depth charges from the U.S. Navy Mackenze. None of the 61 aboard survived. U-213 submarine: On July 31, 1942, in waters east of the Azores in the North Atlantic (36.45N,22.50W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy warships HMS Erne, HMS Rochester and HMS Sandwich. None of the 50 aboard survived.
U-214 1944.7.26 southeast of the English Channel, sunk by the Royal Navy escort ship HMS Cooke. None of the crew survived.
U-215 1942.7.3 in waters near Boston in the North Atlantic, sunk by the Royal Navy. None of the crew survived.
U-216 1942.10.20 southwest of Ireland, sunk by depth charges from a British anti-submarine aircraft. None of the crew survived.
U-217 1943.6.5 in the central Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Bogue CVE-9. None of the crew survived.
U-218 Captured by the Allies after the war, then scuttled in 1945.12.
U-219 1945.7.15 transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy, renamed submarine I-505. Captured by the British at Jakarta after the war, and broken up in 1948.
U-220 1943.10.28 sunk in the North Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Block Island CVE-21. None of the crew survived.
U-233 1944.7.5 in waters southeast of Halifax, sunk by the U.S. Navy escort destroyers Baker DE-190 and Thomas DE-102. 26 crew members survived.
U-234 submarine: Surrendered to the U.S. Navy destroyer Sutton on May 14, 1945, and was sunk as a target ship in November 1947.
U-260 submarine: On March 12, 1945, in waters south of Ireland (51.15N，09.05W), after striking a mine at a depth of 80 meters, she was later scuttled by her own crew. All 48 crew members were captured.
U-266 1943.5.16 sunk near the Bay of Biscay off Spain by a British Halifax coastal anti-submarine patrol aircraft, with no survivors aboard.
U-274 submarine: On October 24, 1943, in the southern North Atlantic—southwest of Iceland at 57.14 degrees north latitude and 27.50 degrees east longitude—while attempting to attack British convoy ON.207, she was counterattacked by the British destroyers Duncan, Vidette and a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/Z), and sunk with depth charges. All 48 crewmen were killed.
U-331 submarine: On November 17, 1942, in the Mediterranean north of Algiers (37.05N，02.07E), after being damaged by Allied anti-submarine aircraft she surrendered, but was still sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers of the 500th and 820th squadrons from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. 32 aboard died, 17 survived.
U-332 submarine: On April 29, 1943, off Cape Finisterre, Spain, in the northern Bay of Biscay (45.08N，09.33W), attacked by a British Liberator aircraft ((Sqdn. 224/D)) with depth charges, all 45 crewmen were killed. U-422 1943.10.4 while refueling at sea near the Azores in the North Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the arriving American escort carrier Card CVE-11, with no survivors aboard.
U-422 submarine: On June 8, 1944, in waters near the English Channel (48.27N，05.47W), sunk by depth charges from an RAF Liberator bomber. All 51 aboard died.
U-456 1943.5.12 at 46°40‘ north, 26°20‘ west, sunk by 4 depth charges and 1 acoustic torpedo dropped by a U.S. B-24B Liberator anti-submarine aircraft. None of the crew survived.
U-459 1943.7.24 in the Ortegal Strait off Spain, sunk from behind by 2 British Wellington XIV anti-submarine aircraft, with 41 crew rescued.
U-460 1943.10.4 near the Azores in the North Atlantic, while supplying U-422 and U-264, sunk by aircraft from the arriving American escort carrier Card CVE-11. Only 2 crewmen survived.
U-461 1943.7.30 in the Bay of Biscay off Spain, sunk by an Australian Air Force Sunderland patrol flying boat, with 15 aboard rescued.
U-462 1943.7.30 in the Bay of Biscay off Spain, jointly sunk by British coastal Halifax patrol aircraft and the British small craft Wren, Kite, Woodpecker, Goose and Woodcock. Except for 1 dead, the rest of the crew were captured.
U-463 1943.5.16 near the Bay of Biscay off Spain, while supplying U-266, sunk by a British Halifax coastal anti-submarine patrol aircraft, with no survivors aboard.
U-464 1942.8.20, on her first long voyage, was sunk by a U.S. anti-submarine patrol aircraft in waters southeast of Iceland. Except for 2 dead, the rest of the crew were captured.
U-477 submarine: On June 3, 1944, in waters west of Trondheim [a port city in central Norway] (63.59N,01.37E), attacked with depth charges by an RCAF patrol aircraft (RCAF-Sqdn. 162/T), and sunk. All 51 crewmen were killed.
U-487 1943.7.13 in the central Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Card CVE-11. 33 crewmen survived.
U-488 1944.4.26 in waters west of Cape Verde in the South Atlantic, sunk by the American escort destroyers Frost DE-144, Huse DE-145, Barber DE-161 and Snowden DE-246, with no survivors aboard.
U-489 1943.8.4 off the coast of Iceland, sunk by a Sunderland patrol flying boat of the Canadian coastal defense force. Except for 1 dead, the rest of the crew survived.
U-490 1944.6.12 in waters northwest of the Azores, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Croatan CVE-25 and the escort destroyers Frost DE-144, Huse DE-145 and Inch DE-146, with no survivors aboard.
U-504 submarine: On July 30, 1943, in waters northwest of Ortegal, Spain (45N，10.56W), sunk by depth charges from Royal Navy destroyers. All 53 crewmen were killed.
U-505 1944.6.4 in waters near the Cape Verde Islands, the U.S. Navy escort destroyer Chatelain, with assistance from Avenger carrier aircraft from the escort carrier Guadalcanal (Guadalcanal CVE-60), blasted U-505 to the surface with depth charges and foiled the crew's scuttling plan, making her the only German submarine captured by the U.S. Navy during World War II.
U-507 submarine: On January 13, 1943, in the northwestern South Atlantic (01.38W，39.52E), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. long-range bomber (VP-83/P-10). All 54 crewmen were killed.
U-515 submarine: At 15:10 in the afternoon on April 9, 1944, in waters north of Portugal's Madeira Islands in the central Atlantic at 34.35 degrees north latitude and 19.18 degrees east longitude, attacked and damaged by depth charges from 4 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-58) from the U.S. escort carrier Guadalcanal, forced to surface and fight, and later sunk by rockets and gunfire from the U.S. escort destroyers Pope, Pillsbury, Castleman and Flaherty. 16 crewmen died, 44 crewmen survived and were captured.
U-552 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Germany (53.51N，08.10) on May 2, 1945.
U-569 1943.5.22 sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from two Avenger carrier aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier Bogue CVE-9.
U-570 submarine: On August 21, 1941, in the North Atlantic south of Iceland (62.15N，18.35W), damaged and captured by RAF aircraft. On September 19, 1941, converted into the British submarine HMS Graph.
U-571 submarine: On April 28, 1944, in waters west of Ireland (52.41N，14.27E), sunk by an Australian Sunderland anti-submarine aircraft (RAAF-Sqdn 461／D) with depth charges. All 52 crewmen were killed.
U-590 submarine: On July 9, 1943, in waters at the junction of the Atlantic and the mouth of the Amazon River (03.22N，48.38E), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. patrol aircraft (VP-94/P-1). Of the 45 crewmen, not one survived.
U-615 submarine: On August 7, 1943, in the Aves area of the southern Caribbean at 12.38 north latitude and 64.15 east longitude, badly damaged by depth charges and bombs from 6 American Mariner patrol aircraft and 1 Harpoon B5 aircraft, and around 5 a.m. on August 8 was forced to scuttle. 4 died, 43 were rescued.
U-616 submarine: On 1944.5.177 in the Mediterranean at 36.46 north latitude and 00.52 east longitude, damaged by depth charges from U.S. Navy destroyers and RAF Wellington bombers, then scuttled. U-712 submarine: Surrendered at Kristiansand [a port city in southern Norway] on May 8, 1945. Later transferred by Britain to a <苏格兰> lake, and in 1950 sunk as a target ship during British destroyer weapons testing.
U-752 1943.5.23 sunk in the Atlantic by rockets from a Swordfish attack aircraft from the Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Archer.
U-763 submarine: After being damaged by a Soviet bomb hit, she was scuttled on January 29, 1945 at 54.42 degrees north latitude, 20.32 degrees east longitude at the Schichau shipyard in Königsberg (that is, present-day Danzig port, Poland).
U-792 1945.5.4 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-793 1945.5.4 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-794 1945.5.5 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-795 1945.5.3 blew itself up to avoid capture
U-877 submarine: On December 27, 1944, in the North Atlantic west of the northern Azores (46.25N，36.38W), sunk by anti-submarine charges launched from the Royal Canadian Navy submarine chaser Thomas Saint. 56 crewmen survived (no casualties). U-901:Transferred from Stavanger, Norway to Lisahally, Northern Ireland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.
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Sunk on 5 January 1946 at 55.50N x 08.30W by unknown causes.
U-1059 1944.3.19 sunk in deep waters southwest of the Cape Verde Islands by aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier Block Island CVE-21. Only 8 survived.
U-1060 1944.10.27 in waters south of the North Sea, jointly sunk by rockets and depth charges from carrier aircraft from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable and land-based anti-submarine aircraft. Only 12 survived.
U-1062 1944.9.30 sunk by depth charges from the American escort destroyer Fessenden DE-142. None of the crew survived
U-2321 1944.3.10 1944.6.12 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2322 1944.3.22 1944.7.1 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2323 1944.4.11 1944.7.18 On July 26, 1944, sunk by Allied bombers at the shipyard pier. 2 killed, 12 survived.
U-2324 1944.4.21 1944.7.25 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2325 1944.4.29 1944.8.3 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2326 1944.5.8 1944.8.10 Surrendered to the Allies in Scotland on May 14, 1945. Served with the Royal Navy after the war, renamed N35; transferred to the French Navy in 1946, sank in an accident on December 6, 1946, later raised and broken up.
U-2327 1944.5.16 1944.8.19 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 2, 1945.
U-2328 1944.5.19 1944.8.25 Surrendered to the Allies at Bergen, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2329 1944.6.2 1944.9.1 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2330 1944.6.12 1944.9.7 Scuttled at Kiel on May 3, 1945.
U-2331 1944.6.30 1944.9.12 Sank in an accident at Hela on October 10, 1944. 4 survived, 15 were killed.
U-2332 1944.9.20 1944.11.13 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 3, 1945.
U-2333 1944.9.27 1944.12.18 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2334 1944.7.14 1944.9.21 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2335 1944.7.20 1944.9.27 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2336 1944.7.27 1944.9.30 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven on June 21, 1945, and was sunk on January 3, 1946 by the British destroyer “offa”.
U-2337 1944.8.2 1944.10.4 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2338 1944.8.10 1944.10.9 Sunk by the RAF on May 4, 1945 in waters east-northeast of Frederica.
U-2339 1944.8.15 1944.11.16 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2340 1944.8.18 1944.10.16 Destroyed by British forces at Hamburg, Germany on March 30, 1945.
U-2341 1944.8.23 1944.10.21 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven on June 21, 1945, and was sunk by the Allies on December 31, 1945.
U-2342 1944.8.29 1944.11.1 On December 26, 1944, struck a mine and sank in northern Baltic waters.
U-2343 1944.8.31 1944.11.6 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2344 1944.9.4 1944.11.10 On February 18, 1945, north of Heiligendamm, sank after colliding with U-2336. Only 3 survived.
U-2345 1944.9.7 1944.11.15 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2346 1944.9.14 1944.11.20 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2347 1944.9.19 1944.12.2 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2348 1944.9.22 1944.12.4 Surrendered to the Allies in Norway in 1945, broken up at Belfast in April 1949.
U-2349 1944.9.25 1944.12.11 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2350 1944.9.28 1944.12.23 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2351 1944.10.3 1944.12.30 Heavily damaged by Allied aircraft at Kiel in April 1945 and written off from then on. Sunk on January 3, 1946 by the British destroyer “offa”.
U-2352 1944.10.9 1945.1.11 Scuttled on May 5, 1945.
U-2353 1944.10.10 1945.1.9 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, then after refitting joined the Royal Navy under the name N 37. Transferred to the Soviet Union in 1947, broken up in 1963.
U-2354 1944.10.14 1945.1.11 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk on December 22, 1945 by the Royal Navy destroyer “Onslow”.
U-2355 1944.10.18 1945.1.12 Scuttled northwest of Laboe on May 3, 1945.
U-2356 1944.10.21 1945.1.12 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven in May 1945, and was sunk on January 6, 1945 by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Onslaught.
U-2357 1944.10.21 1945.1.13 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2358 1944.11.1 1945.1.16 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2359 1944.11.3 1945.1.16 On May 2, 1945, sunk in the Kattegat by a formation of Allied Mosquito aircraft. All crew killed.
U-2360 1944.11.7 1945.1.23 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2361 1944.11.12 1945.2.3 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2362 1944.11.22 1945.2.5 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2363 1944.11.22 1945.2.5 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2364 1944.11.27 1945.2.14 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2365 1944.12.6 1945.3.2 Scuttled in northwestern waters of the Kattegat on May 8, 1945.
U-2366 1944.12.6 1945.3.10 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2367 1944.12.11 1945.3.17 Sank on May 5, 1945 after colliding with a U-boat. Raised in August 1956. Later entered service with the Federal German Navy on October 1, 1957. Retired on September 30, 1968, and broken up at Kiel in 1969.
U-2368 1944.12.15 1945.4.11 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2369 1944.12.20 1945.4.18 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2371 1945.1.19 1945.4.24 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 3, 1945.
U-4701 1944.10.19 1945.1.10 Scuttled in H?rup Haff on May 5, 1945.
U-4702 1944.10.28 1945.1.12 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4703 1944.11.1 1945.1.21 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4704 1944.11.9 1945.2.14 Scuttled in H?rup Haff on May 5, 1945.
U-4705 1944.11.10 1945.2.2 Scuttled at Kiel on May 3, 1945.
U-4706 1944.11.14 1945.2.7 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, transferred to the Norwegian Navy in October 1948 under the name “Knerter”, broken up in 1954.
U-4707 1944.12.5 1945.2.20 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4709 1944.12.1 1945.3.3 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
U-4710 1945.3.1 1945.5.1 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4711 1944.12.1 1945.3.21 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
U-4712 1945.1.3 1945.4.3 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
As for the legendary incident of a submarine being sunk by a tank, it is fictional, and the submarine in that story was U-103, a Type IXB boat (this type of submarine achieved the most successes among U-boats in WWII). It was launched on September 6, 1939. During its service it sank 45 ships totaling 237,596 tons. Her commander was Viktor Schütze, (a recipient of the Knight's Cross). On April 15, 1945, she was sunk in Kiel naval harbor during a bombing raid.
U-1 submarine: Missing after April 6, 1940. (Possibly torpedoed and sunk by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise in North Sea Area 7.) All 24 crew members missing (dead).
U-2 submarine: On April 8, 1944, sunk west of Pillau (54.48 N，19.55E) after being rammed by the German steam trawler Helmi S?hle. 18 crew members survived, 17 died.
U-3 submarine: Decommissioned on August 1, 1944 at Gotenhafen. Scrapped in 1945.
U-4 submarine: Decommissioned on August 1, 1944 at Gotenhafen. Scrapped in 1945.
U-5 submarine: On March 19, 1943, sank in an accident after diving west of Pillau (54.40N, 19.45E). 21 crew members died, 16 survived.
U-6 submarine: Decommissioned on August 7, 1944 at Gotenhafen.
U-7 submarine: On February 18, 1944, sank in an accident after diving west of Pillau (54.52N, 19.30E). All 21 crew members died.
U-8 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven on May 2, 1945.
U-9 submarine: On August 20, 1944, sunk by Soviet aircraft with bombs in the Black Sea area (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-10 submarine: Sank at Danzig on August 1, 1944.
U-11 submarine: Decommissioned at Kiel on January 5, 1945. Scuttled at Kiel Arsenal on May 3, 1945.
U-12 submarine: On October 8, 1939, struck a mine and sank near Dover in the English Channel. All 27 crew members were killed.
U-13 submarine: On May 31, 1940, in deep waters near Newcastle in the North Sea (52.26N, 02.02E), sunk by the Royal Navy warship HMS Weston. All 26 crew members survived.
U-14 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven on May 2, 1945.
U-15 submarine: On January 30, 1940, rammed and sunk by the German torpedo boat Iltis in the Hoofden area of the North Sea. All 25 crew members perished.
U-16 submarine: On October 25, 1939, in waters near Dover in the English Channel (51.09N, 01.28E), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy submarine chasers HMS Cayton Wyke and HMS Puffin. All 28 crew members were killed.
U-17 submarine: Scuttled on May 5, 1945 at Raeder lock west of Wilhelmshaven.
U-18 submarine: Scuttled on August 25, 1944 in the Konstanza area of the Black Sea (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-19 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-20 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-21 submarine: Ran aground on March 27, 1940 at Oldknuppen Island (58.01N, 07.29E). Later detained by Norway at Kristiansand-Süd. Returned to Germany on April 9, 1940. Decommissioned on August 5, 1944. Broken up in February 1945.
U-22 submarine: Missing in the North Sea since March 27, 1940, possibly sank after striking a mine. All 27 crew members missing.
U-23 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E).
U-24 submarine: Scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea area (41.16N, 31.26E). (Another account says scuttled on August 25, 1944 in the Konstanza area of the Black Sea (44.12N, 28.41E).
U-25 submarine: On August 1, 1940, struck a mine and sank in waters off Terschelling in the North Sea (54.14 N，05.07E). All 49 crew members were killed.
U-26 submarine: On July 1, 1940, in the North Atlantic (the North Atlantic，48.03N, 11.30W), jointly sunk by 8 depth charges from the Royal Navy corvette HMS Gladiolus and land-based anti-submarine aircraft (Sqdn 10/H). All 48 crew members survived.
U-27 submarine: On September 20, 1939, in waters west of Scotland (58.35N, 09.02W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy warships HMS Fortune and HMS Forester. All 38 crew members survived.
U-28 submarine: On March 17, 1944, sank due to an operational accident at the Neustadt submarine pier (54.07N, 10.50E). Raised in March 1944. Decommissioned on August 4, 1944.
U-29 submarine: Scuttled on May 4, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay. Broken up in 1948.
U-30 submarine: Scuttled on May 4, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay. Broken up in 1948.
U-31 submarine: On March 11, 1940, sunk by bombers at Bristol, Britain. All 58 crew members died. Raised in March of the same year, repaired and returned to service. On November 2, 1940, off Ireland, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Antelope. 2 crew members died, 44 survived.
U-32 submarine: On October 30, 1940, in waters northwest of Ireland (55.37N, 12.19W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Harvester and HMS Highlander. 9 crew members died, 33 survived.
U-33 submarine: On February 12, 1940, in the Firth of Clyde area (55.25N,05.07W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy HMS Gleaner. 25 crew members died, 17 survived.
U-34 submarine: On August 5, 1943, sank after colliding with another U-boat in the Memel area (55.42N,21.09E). 4 crew members died, 39 survived.
U-35 submarine: On November 2, 1939, in the North Sea area (60.53N,02.47E), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir. All 43 crew members survived.
U-36 submarine: On December 4, 1939, in the southwestern North Sea off Kristiansand (57.00N, 05.20E), sunk by the Royal Navy HMS Salmon. All 40 crew members were lost.
U-37 submarine: Scuttled on May 8, 1945 in Sonderburg Bay (54.55N,09.47E). Broken up shortly afterward.
U-38 submarine: Scuttled on May 5, 1945 at Wesermünde, broken up in 1948.
U-39 submarine: On September 14, 1939, after failing in an attack on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in waters northwest of the Hebrides (58.32N,11.49W), she was sunk by depth charges from the escorting British destroyers Faulknor, Foxhound and Firedrake, and all 44 crewmen became prisoners.
U-40 submarine: On October 13, 1939, struck a mine and sank in the English Channel (50.41.6N,00.15.1E). 45 aboard died, 3 survived.
U-41 submarine: On February 5, 1940, in waters south of Ireland (49.20N,10.04W), sunk by the Royal Navy destroyer Antelope. Not one of the 49 crew survived.
U-42 submarine: On October 13, 1939, in waters southwest of Ireland (49.12N,16.00W), sunk by the Royal Navy destroyers Imgen and Ilex. 26 aboard died, 20 survived.
U-43 submarine: On July 30, 1943, in waters southwest of the Azores (34.57N,35.11W), sunk by an aircraft from the American escort carrier Santee CVE-29 using an Mk24 acoustic torpedo. None of the 55 aboard survived.
U-44 submarine: On March 13, 1940, in North Sea Area 7, attacked by the Royal Navy HMS Express, HMS Esk, HMS Icarus and HMS Impulsive. None of the 47 aboard survived.
U-45 submarine: On October 14, 1939, in waters southwest of Ireland (58N,12.57), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers Inglefield, Ivanhoe and Intrepid. All 38 crew members were killed.
U-46 submarine: Decommissioned in October 1943 at Neustadt. Scuttled on May 3, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay.
U-47 submarine: On March 7, 1941, sank in an accident in waters near Rockall Banks in the North Atlantic (60.00N，19.00W). All 45 crew members were killed.
U-48 submarine: Scuttled on May 3, 1945 at Neustadt, Germany.
U-49 submarine: On April 15, 1940, near Narvik, Norway (68.53N,16.59E), jointly sunk by the Royal Navy destroyers Fearless and Brazen. 1 aboard died, 41 survived and were captured.
U-50 submarine: On April 6, 1940, struck a mine and sank in the Terschelling area of the northern North Sea (51.14N, 05.07E). None of the 44 aboard survived.
U-51 submarine: On August 20, 1940, in the Bay of Biscay west of Nantes (47.06N, 04.51W), sunk by torpedoes from the Royal Navy submarine Cachalot. None of the 44 crew survived.
U-52 1943.10 removed from the naval register, scuttled on 1945.5.3, and the hull was later raised and broken up in 1946-47.
U-53 1940.2.23 sunk in the North Sea by the Royal Navy destroyer Gurkha. None of the crew survived.
U-54 1940.2.20 missing in the North Sea (suspected to have struck a mine and sunk), none of the crew survived.
U-55 1940.1.30 in waters southwest of the Scilly Isles in the English Channel, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer Whitshed, the small anti-submarine vessel Fowey, and the French destroyers Valmy and Guépard, with assistance from an RAF Sunderland anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Apart from 1 man killed, all became prisoners.
U-56 1945.4.28 sunk near Kiel by the RAF. 19 crewmen survived.
U-57 1940.9.3 rammed and sunk by the Norwegian merchant ship Rona off the coast of Norway. Raised in 1940.9. Returned to service on 1941.1.11. Scuttled on 1945.5.3.
U-58 1945.5.3, scuttled.
U-59 1945.4.28 destroyed near Kiel by the RAF.
U-61 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
U-62 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven.
U-63 On February 25, 1940, in waters south of the Shetland Islands in the North Sea, sunk by depth charges and torpedoes from the Royal Navy destroyers Escort, Inglefield, Imogen and the submarine chaser Narwhal. Only one man aboard survived.
U-64 1940.4.13 during the Battle of Narvik, sunk by two 100-pound depth bombs from a Walrus seaplane launched from the Royal Navy battleship HMS Warspite.
U-65 1941.4.28 sunk in waters southeast of Iceland by the Royal Navy destroyer Douglas. None of the crew survived.
U-66 1944.5.6 in waters west of the Cape Verde Islands, damaged by Wildcat fighters from the American escort carrier Block Island CVE-21, then sunk by the arriving escort destroyer Buckley DE-51.
U-67 1943.7.16 in the Sargasso Sea, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Core CVE-13. Only 3 crew members survived.
U-96 submarine: On March 30, 1945, sunk at Wilhelmshaven, Germany by American aircraft with bombs.
U-111 submarine: On October 4, 1941, in waters southwest of Tenerife (27.15 N，20.27W), sunk by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler Lady Shirley. 8 crewmen died, 44 survived.
U-116 1942.10 missing in the North Atlantic. None of the crew survived.
U-117 1943.8.7 sunk in the North Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Card CVE-11. None of the crew survived.
U-118 1943.6.12 sunk in the central Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Bogue CVE-9. Only 16 survived.
U-119 submarine: On June 24, 1943, in waters northwest of the Bay of Biscay (44.59N，12.24W), sunk by the Royal Navy warship HMS Starling. None of the 57 aboard survived.
U-120 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-121 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-137 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-138 1941.6.18 in waters north of the Strait of Gibraltar, jointly sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound.
U-139 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-140 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-141 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-142 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-144 1941.8.10 in waters north of the Gulf of Finland, sunk by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine SC307. None of the crew survived.
U-146 1945.5.2 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-147 1941.6.2 in waters northwest of Ireland, sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer and escort ship HMS Periwinkle. None of the crew survived.
U-148 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-151 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-152 1945.5.2 scuttled at Wilhelmshaven to avoid capture.
U-177 submarine: On February 6, 1944, near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic (10.35N，23.15W), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. Navy Liberator bomber (VB-107/B-3). Of the 65 aboard, only 15 survived.
U-182 submarine: On May 16, 1943, in waters northwest of the Monteiro Islands in the Atlantic (33.35N，20.35W), sunk by depth charges from the U.S. Navy Mackenze. None of the 61 aboard survived. U-213 submarine: On July 31, 1942, in waters east of the Azores in the North Atlantic (36.45N,22.50W), sunk by depth charges from the Royal Navy warships HMS Erne, HMS Rochester and HMS Sandwich. None of the 50 aboard survived.
U-214 1944.7.26 southeast of the English Channel, sunk by the Royal Navy escort ship HMS Cooke. None of the crew survived.
U-215 1942.7.3 in waters near Boston in the North Atlantic, sunk by the Royal Navy. None of the crew survived.
U-216 1942.10.20 southwest of Ireland, sunk by depth charges from a British anti-submarine aircraft. None of the crew survived.
U-217 1943.6.5 in the central Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Bogue CVE-9. None of the crew survived.
U-218 Captured by the Allies after the war, then scuttled in 1945.12.
U-219 1945.7.15 transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy, renamed submarine I-505. Captured by the British at Jakarta after the war, and broken up in 1948.
U-220 1943.10.28 sunk in the North Atlantic by aircraft from the American escort carrier Block Island CVE-21. None of the crew survived.
U-233 1944.7.5 in waters southeast of Halifax, sunk by the U.S. Navy escort destroyers Baker DE-190 and Thomas DE-102. 26 crew members survived.
U-234 submarine: Surrendered to the U.S. Navy destroyer Sutton on May 14, 1945, and was sunk as a target ship in November 1947.
U-260 submarine: On March 12, 1945, in waters south of Ireland (51.15N，09.05W), after striking a mine at a depth of 80 meters, she was later scuttled by her own crew. All 48 crew members were captured.
U-266 1943.5.16 sunk near the Bay of Biscay off Spain by a British Halifax coastal anti-submarine patrol aircraft, with no survivors aboard.
U-274 submarine: On October 24, 1943, in the southern North Atlantic—southwest of Iceland at 57.14 degrees north latitude and 27.50 degrees east longitude—while attempting to attack British convoy ON.207, she was counterattacked by the British destroyers Duncan, Vidette and a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/Z), and sunk with depth charges. All 48 crewmen were killed.
U-331 submarine: On November 17, 1942, in the Mediterranean north of Algiers (37.05N，02.07E), after being damaged by Allied anti-submarine aircraft she surrendered, but was still sunk by Swordfish torpedo bombers of the 500th and 820th squadrons from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. 32 aboard died, 17 survived.
U-332 submarine: On April 29, 1943, off Cape Finisterre, Spain, in the northern Bay of Biscay (45.08N，09.33W), attacked by a British Liberator aircraft ((Sqdn. 224/D)) with depth charges, all 45 crewmen were killed. U-422 1943.10.4 while refueling at sea near the Azores in the North Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the arriving American escort carrier Card CVE-11, with no survivors aboard.
U-422 submarine: On June 8, 1944, in waters near the English Channel (48.27N，05.47W), sunk by depth charges from an RAF Liberator bomber. All 51 aboard died.
U-456 1943.5.12 at 46°40‘ north, 26°20‘ west, sunk by 4 depth charges and 1 acoustic torpedo dropped by a U.S. B-24B Liberator anti-submarine aircraft. None of the crew survived.
U-459 1943.7.24 in the Ortegal Strait off Spain, sunk from behind by 2 British Wellington XIV anti-submarine aircraft, with 41 crew rescued.
U-460 1943.10.4 near the Azores in the North Atlantic, while supplying U-422 and U-264, sunk by aircraft from the arriving American escort carrier Card CVE-11. Only 2 crewmen survived.
U-461 1943.7.30 in the Bay of Biscay off Spain, sunk by an Australian Air Force Sunderland patrol flying boat, with 15 aboard rescued.
U-462 1943.7.30 in the Bay of Biscay off Spain, jointly sunk by British coastal Halifax patrol aircraft and the British small craft Wren, Kite, Woodpecker, Goose and Woodcock. Except for 1 dead, the rest of the crew were captured.
U-463 1943.5.16 near the Bay of Biscay off Spain, while supplying U-266, sunk by a British Halifax coastal anti-submarine patrol aircraft, with no survivors aboard.
U-464 1942.8.20, on her first long voyage, was sunk by a U.S. anti-submarine patrol aircraft in waters southeast of Iceland. Except for 2 dead, the rest of the crew were captured.
U-477 submarine: On June 3, 1944, in waters west of Trondheim [a port city in central Norway] (63.59N,01.37E), attacked with depth charges by an RCAF patrol aircraft (RCAF-Sqdn. 162/T), and sunk. All 51 crewmen were killed.
U-487 1943.7.13 in the central Atlantic, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Card CVE-11. 33 crewmen survived.
U-488 1944.4.26 in waters west of Cape Verde in the South Atlantic, sunk by the American escort destroyers Frost DE-144, Huse DE-145, Barber DE-161 and Snowden DE-246, with no survivors aboard.
U-489 1943.8.4 off the coast of Iceland, sunk by a Sunderland patrol flying boat of the Canadian coastal defense force. Except for 1 dead, the rest of the crew survived.
U-490 1944.6.12 in waters northwest of the Azores, sunk by aircraft from the American escort carrier Croatan CVE-25 and the escort destroyers Frost DE-144, Huse DE-145 and Inch DE-146, with no survivors aboard.
U-504 submarine: On July 30, 1943, in waters northwest of Ortegal, Spain (45N，10.56W), sunk by depth charges from Royal Navy destroyers. All 53 crewmen were killed.
U-505 1944.6.4 in waters near the Cape Verde Islands, the U.S. Navy escort destroyer Chatelain, with assistance from Avenger carrier aircraft from the escort carrier Guadalcanal (Guadalcanal CVE-60), blasted U-505 to the surface with depth charges and foiled the crew's scuttling plan, making her the only German submarine captured by the U.S. Navy during World War II.
U-507 submarine: On January 13, 1943, in the northwestern South Atlantic (01.38W，39.52E), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. long-range bomber (VP-83/P-10). All 54 crewmen were killed.
U-515 submarine: At 15:10 in the afternoon on April 9, 1944, in waters north of Portugal's Madeira Islands in the central Atlantic at 34.35 degrees north latitude and 19.18 degrees east longitude, attacked and damaged by depth charges from 4 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-58) from the U.S. escort carrier Guadalcanal, forced to surface and fight, and later sunk by rockets and gunfire from the U.S. escort destroyers Pope, Pillsbury, Castleman and Flaherty. 16 crewmen died, 44 crewmen survived and were captured.
U-552 submarine: Scuttled at Wilhelmshaven, Germany (53.51N，08.10) on May 2, 1945.
U-569 1943.5.22 sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges from two Avenger carrier aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier Bogue CVE-9.
U-570 submarine: On August 21, 1941, in the North Atlantic south of Iceland (62.15N，18.35W), damaged and captured by RAF aircraft. On September 19, 1941, converted into the British submarine HMS Graph.
U-571 submarine: On April 28, 1944, in waters west of Ireland (52.41N，14.27E), sunk by an Australian Sunderland anti-submarine aircraft (RAAF-Sqdn 461／D) with depth charges. All 52 crewmen were killed.
U-590 submarine: On July 9, 1943, in waters at the junction of the Atlantic and the mouth of the Amazon River (03.22N，48.38E), sunk by depth charges from a U.S. patrol aircraft (VP-94/P-1). Of the 45 crewmen, not one survived.
U-615 submarine: On August 7, 1943, in the Aves area of the southern Caribbean at 12.38 north latitude and 64.15 east longitude, badly damaged by depth charges and bombs from 6 American Mariner patrol aircraft and 1 Harpoon B5 aircraft, and around 5 a.m. on August 8 was forced to scuttle. 4 died, 43 were rescued.
U-616 submarine: On 1944.5.177 in the Mediterranean at 36.46 north latitude and 00.52 east longitude, damaged by depth charges from U.S. Navy destroyers and RAF Wellington bombers, then scuttled. U-712 submarine: Surrendered at Kristiansand [a port city in southern Norway] on May 8, 1945. Later transferred by Britain to a <苏格兰> lake, and in 1950 sunk as a target ship during British destroyer weapons testing.
U-752 1943.5.23 sunk in the Atlantic by rockets from a Swordfish attack aircraft from the Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Archer.
U-763 submarine: After being damaged by a Soviet bomb hit, she was scuttled on January 29, 1945 at 54.42 degrees north latitude, 20.32 degrees east longitude at the Schichau shipyard in Königsberg (that is, present-day Danzig port, Poland).
U-792 1945.5.4 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-793 1945.5.4 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-794 1945.5.5 scuttled to avoid capture.
U-795 1945.5.3 blew itself up to avoid capture
U-877 submarine: On December 27, 1944, in the North Atlantic west of the northern Azores (46.25N，36.38W), sunk by anti-submarine charges launched from the Royal Canadian Navy submarine chaser Thomas Saint. 56 crewmen survived (no casualties). U-901:Transferred from Stavanger, Norway to Lisahally, Northern Ireland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.
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Sunk on 5 January 1946 at 55.50N x 08.30W by unknown causes.
U-1059 1944.3.19 sunk in deep waters southwest of the Cape Verde Islands by aircraft from the U.S. Navy escort carrier Block Island CVE-21. Only 8 survived.
U-1060 1944.10.27 in waters south of the North Sea, jointly sunk by rockets and depth charges from carrier aircraft from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable and land-based anti-submarine aircraft. Only 12 survived.
U-1062 1944.9.30 sunk by depth charges from the American escort destroyer Fessenden DE-142. None of the crew survived
U-2321 1944.3.10 1944.6.12 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2322 1944.3.22 1944.7.1 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2323 1944.4.11 1944.7.18 On July 26, 1944, sunk by Allied bombers at the shipyard pier. 2 killed, 12 survived.
U-2324 1944.4.21 1944.7.25 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2325 1944.4.29 1944.8.3 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2326 1944.5.8 1944.8.10 Surrendered to the Allies in Scotland on May 14, 1945. Served with the Royal Navy after the war, renamed N35; transferred to the French Navy in 1946, sank in an accident on December 6, 1946, later raised and broken up.
U-2327 1944.5.16 1944.8.19 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 2, 1945.
U-2328 1944.5.19 1944.8.25 Surrendered to the Allies at Bergen, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2329 1944.6.2 1944.9.1 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2330 1944.6.12 1944.9.7 Scuttled at Kiel on May 3, 1945.
U-2331 1944.6.30 1944.9.12 Sank in an accident at Hela on October 10, 1944. 4 survived, 15 were killed.
U-2332 1944.9.20 1944.11.13 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 3, 1945.
U-2333 1944.9.27 1944.12.18 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2334 1944.7.14 1944.9.21 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2335 1944.7.20 1944.9.27 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2336 1944.7.27 1944.9.30 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven on June 21, 1945, and was sunk on January 3, 1946 by the British destroyer “offa”.
U-2337 1944.8.2 1944.10.4 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2338 1944.8.10 1944.10.9 Sunk by the RAF on May 4, 1945 in waters east-northeast of Frederica.
U-2339 1944.8.15 1944.11.16 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2340 1944.8.18 1944.10.16 Destroyed by British forces at Hamburg, Germany on March 30, 1945.
U-2341 1944.8.23 1944.10.21 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven on June 21, 1945, and was sunk by the Allies on December 31, 1945.
U-2342 1944.8.29 1944.11.1 On December 26, 1944, struck a mine and sank in northern Baltic waters.
U-2343 1944.8.31 1944.11.6 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2344 1944.9.4 1944.11.10 On February 18, 1945, north of Heiligendamm, sank after colliding with U-2336. Only 3 survived.
U-2345 1944.9.7 1944.11.15 Surrendered to the Allies at Stavanger, Norway in 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2346 1944.9.14 1944.11.20 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2347 1944.9.19 1944.12.2 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2348 1944.9.22 1944.12.4 Surrendered to the Allies in Norway in 1945, broken up at Belfast in April 1949.
U-2349 1944.9.25 1944.12.11 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2350 1944.9.28 1944.12.23 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2351 1944.10.3 1944.12.30 Heavily damaged by Allied aircraft at Kiel in April 1945 and written off from then on. Sunk on January 3, 1946 by the British destroyer “offa”.
U-2352 1944.10.9 1945.1.11 Scuttled on May 5, 1945.
U-2353 1944.10.10 1945.1.9 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, then after refitting joined the Royal Navy under the name N 37. Transferred to the Soviet Union in 1947, broken up in 1963.
U-2354 1944.10.14 1945.1.11 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk on December 22, 1945 by the Royal Navy destroyer “Onslow”.
U-2355 1944.10.18 1945.1.12 Scuttled northwest of Laboe on May 3, 1945.
U-2356 1944.10.21 1945.1.12 Surrendered to the Allies at Wilhelmshaven in May 1945, and was sunk on January 6, 1945 by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Onslaught.
U-2357 1944.10.21 1945.1.13 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2358 1944.11.1 1945.1.16 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2359 1944.11.3 1945.1.16 On May 2, 1945, sunk in the Kattegat by a formation of Allied Mosquito aircraft. All crew killed.
U-2360 1944.11.7 1945.1.23 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2361 1944.11.12 1945.2.3 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 27, 1945.
U-2362 1944.11.22 1945.2.5 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2363 1944.11.22 1945.2.5 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, and was sunk by an Allied warship on November 28, 1945.
U-2364 1944.11.27 1945.2.14 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2365 1944.12.6 1945.3.2 Scuttled in northwestern waters of the Kattegat on May 8, 1945.
U-2366 1944.12.6 1945.3.10 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2367 1944.12.11 1945.3.17 Sank on May 5, 1945 after colliding with a U-boat. Raised in August 1956. Later entered service with the Federal German Navy on October 1, 1957. Retired on September 30, 1968, and broken up at Kiel in 1969.
U-2368 1944.12.15 1945.4.11 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2369 1944.12.20 1945.4.18 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-2371 1945.1.19 1945.4.24 Scuttled at Hamburg on May 3, 1945.
U-4701 1944.10.19 1945.1.10 Scuttled in H?rup Haff on May 5, 1945.
U-4702 1944.10.28 1945.1.12 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4703 1944.11.1 1945.1.21 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4704 1944.11.9 1945.2.14 Scuttled in H?rup Haff on May 5, 1945.
U-4705 1944.11.10 1945.2.2 Scuttled at Kiel on May 3, 1945.
U-4706 1944.11.14 1945.2.7 Surrendered to the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway in May 1945, transferred to the Norwegian Navy in October 1948 under the name “Knerter”, broken up in 1954.
U-4707 1944.12.5 1945.2.20 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4709 1944.12.1 1945.3.3 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
U-4710 1945.3.1 1945.5.1 Scuttled in Gelting Bay on May 5, 1945.
U-4711 1944.12.1 1945.3.21 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
U-4712 1945.1.3 1945.4.3 Scuttled at Kiel on May 4, 1945.
