U-boat Successes

This table showing the most successful U-boats of WWII. Warships are not included in those figures.

 U-boatPatrols  Successes
1.U-4813 patrols  51 ships sunk (306.874 tons)
3 ships damaged (20,480 tons)
2.U-10312 patrols  46 ships sunk (238.944 tons)
3 ships damaged (28,158 tons)
3.U-12312 patrols  43 ships sunk (220.158 tons)
6 ships damaged (53,568 tons)
4.U-12411 patrols  46 ships sunk (219.862 tons)
4 ships damaged (30,067 tons)
5.U-10713 patrols  37 ships sunk (207.375 tons)
4 ships damaged (25,638 tons)
6.U-3711 patrols  53 ships sunk (200.063 tons)
1 ship damaged (9,494 tons)
7.U-6610 patrols  33 ships sunk (200.021 tons)
4 ships damaged (22,738 tons)
8.U-998 patrols  35 ships sunk (198.218 tons)
6 ships damaged (40,101 tons)
9.U-6810 patrols  32 ships sunk (197.453 tons)
10.U-3811 patrols  35 ships sunk (188.967 tons)
1 ship damaged (3,670 tons)
11.U-9611 patrols  27 ships sunk (181.206 tons)
5 ships damaged (41,931 tons)
12.U-55215 patrols  30 ships sunk (163.756 tons)
3 ships damaged (26,910 tons)
13.U-4710 patrols  30 ships sunk (162.769 tons)
8 ships damaged (62,751 tons)
14.U-1605 patrols  26 ships sunk (156.082 tons)
5 ships damaged (34,419 tons)
15.U-1726 patrols  26 ships sunk (152.080 tons)
16.U-12911 patrols  29 ships sunk (143.748 tons)
17.U-9410 patrols  26 ships sunk (141.852 tons)
1 ship damaged (8,022 tons)
18.U-5157 patrols  22 ships sunk (140.196 tons)
4 ships damaged (13,972 tons)
19.U-1814 patrols  27 ships sunk (138.779 tons)
20.U-10610 patrols  22 ships sunk (138.581 tons)
4 ships damaged (51,980 tons)
21.U-1006 patrols  25 ships sunk (135.614 tons)
5 ships damaged (19,434 tons)
22.U-1306 patrols  21 ships sunk (127.608 tons)
1 ship damaged (6,986 tons)
23.U-15510 patrols  25 ships sunk (126.664 tons)
1 ship damaged (6,736 tons)
24.U-1059 patrols  22 ships sunk (123.924 tons)
25.U-1595 patrols  23 ships sunk (119.554 tons)
1 ship damaged (265 tons)
26.U-10811 patrols  25 ships sunk (118.722 tons)
27.U-4314 patrols  21 ships sunk (117.036 tons)
2 ships damaged (19,481 tons)
28.U-329 patrols  20 ships sunk (116.836 tons)
5 ships damaged (40,274 tons)
29.U-10110 patrols  22 ships sunk (111.673 tons)
2 ships damaged (9,113 tons)
30.U-1266 patrols  24 ships sunk (111.564 tons)
7 ships damaged (51,674 tons)

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