U-98

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered30 May 1938
Laid down 27 Sep 1939 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 603)
Launched31 Aug 1940
Commissioned12 Oct 1940Kptlt. Robert Gysae (Knights Cross/Oak Leaves)
Commanders
12 Oct 1940 - 23 Mar 1942  Kptlt. Robert Gysae (Knights Cross)
24 Mar 1942 - Oct, 1942  KrvKpt. Wilhelm Schulze
Oct, 1942 - 15 Nov 1942  Oblt. Kurt Eichmann
Career9 patrols 12 Oct 1940 - 28 Feb 1941  7. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1941 - 15 Nov 1942  7. Flottille (front boat)
Successes10 ships sunk for a total of 48,878 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 10,549 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 185 tons
Fate

Sunk on 15 Nov, 1942 in North Atlantic west of Gibraltar in position 36.09N, 07.42W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wrestler. 46 dead (all hands lost).

See the 12 ships hit by U-98 - View the 9 war patrols

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during June 1988. More on revised fates.

Sunk on 19 Nov, 1942 in the Atlantic, southwest of Cape St. Vincent in position 35.38N, 11.48W by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (RAF Sqdn. 608/C).

This attack was in fact against U-413 which escaped severely damaged.

Wolfpack operations

U-98 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Natter (1 Nov 1942 - 8 Nov 1942)

Attacks on this boat

2 Apr 1942
At 00.47 hours, the outbound boat was attacked with six 250lb depth charges by a Whitley (502 Sqdn RAF/F) in the Bay of Biscay. U-98 escaped by crash-diving with minor damages. (Sources: ASW 822/42, KTB U-98)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-98 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Attack and Sink!. Edwards, Bernard, 1995.
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.


There was another U-98 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Feb 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 31 May 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 98 during WWI.