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On this site you will find all the German U-boats of both World Wars, their commanding officers and operations including all Allied ships attacked, technological information and much more. You can also browse our large photo gallery and thousands of U-boat books and movies. While hundreds of U-boats were lost some of the boats are preserved as museums today.

We also have a huge section covering the Allied forces and their struggle with the U-boat threat – not to mention the Pacific war. Included there are all the Allied Warships and thousands of Allied Commanding officers from all the major navies (US Navy, Royal Navy, …) plus technical pages and information on the air forces.

What's new on this site

24 Dec
U-boat war in the Mediterranean section updated
The ageing section U-boat War in the Mediterranean was given a major overhaul. It's not perfect yet and will be worked on further. Biggest improvements now include chart of operational strength of the U-boat force throughout the campaign, maps of ships sunk and U-boats lost. Last but not least are two new pages showing the most successful U-boats and Most successful Commanders in the Mediterranean. Also are pages showing all merchants and warships hit by U-boats in the theatre.

18 Dec
Happy holidays to all! :)
We wish to extend our warmest regards to all our visitors. May you have a great holiday season!

12 Dec
New article published
Dr. Axel Niestlé has published another of his re-assessments of U-boat fates. This one is called The loss of U 225 and U 529.

7 Dec
Ships hit by U-boats in WWII
Rainer Kolbicz has written a very nice report on the attack on convoy ONS-122 by Wolfpack Lohs in August 1942.

On a related note we have now added a "Revised" field to some merchants, the first one being Empire Breeze from the convoy mention above. This enables us to provide clearer view on why the data looks like it does in some cases.

2 Dec
Changes to U-boat Commanders (WWII)
Added personal information and photos to the following U-boat commanders;
Heinz Buhse (U-399), Hermann Lauth (U-1005) and Karl-Heinz Raabe (U-1161 and U-1007).

Also added the fascinating story of how Horst Willner saved 50 women and children, including his own wife and child in 1945.

I've also added a new page showing the latest updates to our U-boat commanders of WWII pages.

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From the Gallery


Birkenhead 2002

Operation Deadlight 2001 dives

Model of U-2511, a type XXI boat

Announcement Board

HMS E18 found (24 Oct 2009)

U 40 from WWI has been located (6 Apr 2009)

U-864 to be raised after all (31 Jan 2009)

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