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Type	VIIA
Ordered	1 Apr, 1935
Laid down	2 Dec, 1935	AG Weser, Bremen (werk 909)
Launched	14 Jul, 1936
Commissioned	12 Sep, 1936	Kptlt. Wilhelm Ambrosius
Commanders	12 Sep, 1936 - 1 Nov, 1938   Kptlt. Wilhelm Ambrosius 1936/37 - 30 Sep, 1937   Hans-Günther Looff 28 Oct, 1938 - Nov, 1938   Oblt. Fritz-Julius Lemp (Knights Cross) 28 Oct, 1938 - 16 Nov, 1940   Kptlt. Günter Kuhnke (Knights Cross) 16 Nov, 1940 - 11 Feb, 1941   Oblt. Friedrich Guggenberger (Knights Cross) 12 Feb, 1941 - 21 Jun, 1941   Heinrich Ratsch 22 Jun, 1941 - 20 Mar, 1942   Hermann Eckhardt 1 Jul, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1942   Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross) 1 Dec, 1942 - Jul, 1943   Oblt. Uwe Christiansen Jul, 1943 - 1 Dec, 1943   Oblt. Erich Krempl 2 Dec, 1943 - 17 Mar, 1944   Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
Career	6 patrols	12 Sep, 1936 - 31 Aug, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 9 Nov, 1940  2. Flottille (front boat) 10 Nov, 1940 - 30 Nov, 1943  24. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1943 - 17 Mar, 1944  22. Flottille (school boat)
Successes	11 ships sunk for a total of 42.252 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 4.443 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 10.067 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 9.577 GRT
Fate	Sunk 17 March, 1944 at Neustadt U-boat pier, in position 54.07N, 10.50E in an operational accident. Raised in March 1944. Stricken on 4 August, 1944.

See the 15 ships hit by U-28 - View the 6 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-28 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Prien (12 Jun, 1940 - 15 Jun, 1940)
   Without name (19 Oct, 1940 - 20 Oct, 1940)

Attacks 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-28 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Huelva en la II Guerra Mundial, Ramírez Copeiro del Villar, Jesús, 1996 In Peril on the Sea, Kane, James S., 1994 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 ... see more Naval books

There was another U-28 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 30 Aug, 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 Jun, 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 28 during WWI.