U-851
Type | IXD2 | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 18 Mar, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1057) | ||
| Launched | 15 Jan, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 21 May, 1943 | Korvkpt. Hannes Weingärtner | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 21 May, 1943 - 31 Jan, 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1944 - 27 Mar, 1944 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Missing, presumed sunk, in the North Atlantic after 27 March or in April 1944. 70 dead (all hands lost). | |||
General notes on this boat
The boat was heading for the Indian Ocean to join the Monsoon wolfpack operating there.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-851 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 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 |
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Related page: U-boats Missing in Action. |