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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 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 -



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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