U-856
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 31 Oct, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1062) | ||
| Launched | 11 May, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 19 Aug, 1943 | Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 19 Aug, 1943 - 29 Feb, 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1944 - 7 Apr, 1944 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 7 April, 1944 in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40.18N, 62.22W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. 27 dead and 28 survivors. | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-856 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 |