List of all U-boats

U-237

Type

VIIC

Ordered

20 Jan 1941

Laid down

23 Apr 1942

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 667)

Launched

17 Dec 1942

Commissioned

30 Jan 1943

Oblt. Hubert Nordheimer

Commanders

31 Jan 1943	-	26 May 1943	Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer
8 Oct 1943	-	Sep, 1944	Oblt. Lothar König
Sep, 1944	-	Oct, 1944	Oblt. (R) Johannes van Stipriaan
Oct, 1944	-	4 Apr 1945	Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Menard

Career
No patrols

30 Jan 1943	-	26 May 1943	5. Flottille (training)
8 Oct 1943	-	28 Feb 1945	23. Flottille (trial boat)
1 Mar 1945	-	4 Apr 1945	31. Flottille (-)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sunk on 14 May 1943 inside pontoon No. 5 of the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, by bombs during US air raid (8th AF).

Raised on 26 May 1943, repaired and returned to service on 8 October 1943.

Sunk on 4 April 1945 at the fitting out quay of Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel, by bombs during US air raid (8th AF). 1 dead, unknown number of survivors.

Loss position

Men lost from the boat

19 Oct 1944
A crew member fell overboard during exercises in the Baltic Sea and could not be found by the U-boat despite a search for several hours. Obermaschinist Paul Volkmann drowned.

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -