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U-boat fates

U-boats missing in Action

According to my compilation of U-boat fates by cause some 51 U-boats are now being listed as missing in action during the war. Some were no doubt lost to operational accidents (such as Schorchel failures or hull failure while deep diving) while others were most probably lost to yet-unidentified enemy action.


U-1. The first U-boat to go missing in the war.

Here below is listing of the 51 boats we believe are missing in action:

U-22, U-47, U-54, U-104, U-116, U-122, U-180, U-184, U-193, U-196, U-206, U-209, U-240, U-246, U-296, U-337, U-338, U-355, U-376, U-381, U-398, U-396, U-420, U-455, U-479, U-519, U-529, U-553, U-578, U-602, U-647, U-648, U-650, U-666, U-669, U-683, U-702, U-703, U-740, U-745, U-851, U-855, U-857, U-865, U-921, U-925, U-972, U-1020, U-1055, U-1191 and U-1226.

Maps of missing U-boats
This map here below shows the approximate locations of many of the missing U-boats. Unfortunately the map is not clickable to the boats in question but it should give you a nice overview on where the U-boats were lost.


This map currently shows 21 locations (shown in bold in listing above)

All data on this page is read live from our databases and is as current as our latest research.


U-boat fates