List of all U-boats
U-191
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 4 Nov 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 2 Nov 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1037) | ||||||||
| Launched | 3 Jul 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Oct 1942 | Kptlt. Helmut Fiehn | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 3,025 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 23 April, 1943 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 56.45N, 34.25W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Hesperus. 55 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-191 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Seeteufel (28 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Löwenherz (1 Apr 1943 - 10 Apr 1943)
Lerche (10 Apr 1943 - 16 Apr 1943)
Meise (16 Apr 1943 - 23 Apr 1943)
Attacks on this boat
13 Apr 1943
The boat reported being attacked repeatedly by a Sunderland flying boat but each time fighting it off. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 279)
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-191 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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