Type: IXC
Ordered: 7 Aug, 1939
Laid down: 1 Jun, 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 989)
Launched: 31 Dec, 1940
Commissioned: 22 Mar, 1941 Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)
Commanders: 22 Mar, 1941 - 28 Feb, 1943 Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)
1 Mar, 1943 - 3 Jul, 1943 Oblt. Siegfried Kietz
Career: 6 patrols 22 Mar, 1941 - 1 Jul, 1941 2. Flottille (training)
1 Jul, 1941 - 3 Jul, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes: 24 ships sunk for a total of 111.564 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 450 tons (lost aboard transport ships)
5 ships damaged for a total of 37.501 GRT
2 ships a total loss for a total of 14.173 GRT
Fate: Sunk 3 July, 1943 north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.02N, 11.23W,
by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/R). 55 dead (all hands lost).
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