U-845
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||||
| Laid down | 20 Jun, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1051) | ||||||
| Launched | 18 Jan, 1943 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 1 May, 1943 | Kptlt. Udo Behrens | ||||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 1 May, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1944 - 10 Mar, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||
| Successes | 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.039 GRT | |||||||
| Fate | Sunk 10 March, 1944, in the North Atlantic, in position 48.20N, 20.33W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea. 10 dead and 45 survivors. | |||||||
See the 1 ships hit by U-845 - View the 1 war patrol
Attacks on this boat
14 Feb, 1944
A British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 10, pilot A. P. V. Cheater) attacked the boat with 8 depth charges. One man died and another was wounded. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 559)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
14 Feb, 1944
A Liberator (RAF Sqdn 10) attacked the boat with 8 depth charges. One man died and another was wounded.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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