U-141

Type

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Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 12 Dec 1939 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 270)
Launched27 Jul 1940
Commissioned21 Aug 1940Oblt. Heinz-Otto Schultze (Knights Cross)
Commanders
21 Aug 1940 - 30 Mar 1941  Oblt. Heinz-Otto Schultze (Knights Cross)
31 Mar 1941 - 29 Nov 1941  Oblt. Philipp Schüler
30 Nov 1941 - 15 Jun 1942  Oblt. Jürgen Krüger
16 Jun 1942 - 15 Feb 1943  Oblt. Günther Möller
16 Feb 1943 - 28 Jul 1943   Dietrich Rauch
29 Jul 1943 - 6 Nov 1944  Oblt. Bernhard Luttmann
7 Nov 1944 - 2 May 1945  Oblt. Heinrich-Dietrich Hoffmann
Career4 patrols 21 Aug 1940 - 23 Oct 1940  1. Flottille (training)
1 May 1941 - 30 Sep 1941  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1941 - 1 Mar 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 2 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
Successes4 ships sunk for a total of 6,801 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 5,133 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up, date unknown.

See the 5 ships hit by U-141 - View the 4 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

5 May 1941
The U-boat was attacked by a Hudson aircraft (RAF Sqdn 269, Sgt C.H. Eatley) about 50 miles behind convoy OB-318. The damage from the three depth charges forced the U-boat to abort the patrol. A Whitley aircraft, HMS Electra (H 27) and HMS Escapade (H 17) were directed to the scene, but did not locate the U-boat. (Sources: Kenneth Wynn)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-141 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-141 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9 Jan 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 24 Jun 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 141 during WWI.