U-851

Type

IXD2

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 18 Mar 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1057)
Launched15 Jan 1943
Commissioned21 May 1943Korvkpt. Hannes Weingärtner
Commanders
21 May 1943 - 27 Mar 1944  KrvKpt. Hannes Weingärtner
Career1 patrol 21 May 1943 - 31 Jan 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1944 - 27 Mar 1944  12. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Missing, presumed sunk, in the North Atlantic after 27 March or in April 1944. 70 dead (all hands lost).

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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.



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 Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.



Related page:
U-boats Missing in Action.