U-845

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 20 Jun 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1051)
Launched18 Jan 1943
Commissioned1 May 1943Kptlt. Udo Behrens
Commanders
1 May 1943 - 9 Jul 1943  KrvKpt. Udo Behrens
3 Jul 1943 - 7 Oct 1943  Kptlt. Rudolf Hoffmann
8 Oct 1943 - 10 Mar 1944  KrvKpt. Werner Weber
Career1 patrol 1 May 1943 - 31 Dec 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1944 - 10 Mar 1944  10. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 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 attack 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 -



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.
U-Boat Adventures. Wiggins, Melanie, 1999.
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.