U-335

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down 3 Jan 1941 Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 207)
Launched15 Oct 1941
Commissioned17 Dec 1941Kptlt. Hans-Hermann Pelkner
Commanders
17 Dec 1941 - 3 Aug 1942  Kptlt. Hans-Hermann Pelkner
Career1 patrol 17 Dec 1941 - 31 Jul 1942  8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1942 - 3 Aug 1942  6. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 3 Aug, 1942 in the North Sea north-east of the Faeroes, in position 62.48N, 00.12W, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Saracen. 43 dead and 1 survivor

View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-335 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.
Submarines versus U-boats. Jones, Geoffrey, 1986.
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.