Selected Book
Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
Allied Warships
Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.Over 11,300 ships
Shipyards
Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
113 commissioned U-boats
| Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
| IXC | U-501 - U-506 | 6 boats | 291 - 296 | 1939 - 1941 |
| IXC | U-507 - U-518 | 12 boats | 303 - 314 | 1939 - 1942 |
| IXC | U-519 - U-524 | 6 boats | 334 - 339 | 1940 - 1942 |
| IXC/40 | U-525 - U-532 | 8 boats | 340 - 347 | 1940 - 1942 |
| IXC/40 | U-533 - U-538 | 6 boats | 351 - 356 | 1941 - 1943 |
| IXC/40 | U-539 - U-550 | 12 boats | 360 - 371 | 1941 - 1943 |
| IXC/40 | U-1221 - U-1235 | 15 boats | 384 - 398 | 1941 - 1944 |
| XXIII | U-2321 - U-2331 | 11 boats | 475 - 485 | 1943 - 1944 |
| XXIII | U-2334 - U-2369 | 36 boats | 488 - 523 | 1943 - 1945 |
| XXIII | U-2371 | 525 | 1944 - 1945 |
The first U-boat launched by Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg was the U-501 on 25 Jan, 1941, but the last U-boat launched was the U-2371 on 18 Apr, 1945. This refers to U-boats that were actually commissioned into the Kriegsmarine.
U-boats that had been laid down
The following boats were laid down but not finished by the yard:
U-1236, U-1237, U-1238, U-1239, U-1240, U-1241, U-1242
, U-2370
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
| Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
| IXC/40 | U-1236 - U-1241 | 6 boats | 399 - 404 | 1941 | Construction was abandoned in 1944 and on 23 Sept 1944 she was suspened. Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in Hamburg, Hansa basin. Raised in June/August 1945 and broken up. |
| IXC/40 | U-1243 - U-1250 | 8 boats | 406 - 413 | 1942 | |
| IXC/40 | U-1251 - U-1262 | 12 boats | 434 - 445 | 1942 | |
| XXIII | U-2370 | 524 | 1943 | Launched in April, 1945.
In some sources U-2370 was commissioned on 15 April, 1944. According to the planned commander of the boat Oblt. Bornkessel U-2370 was never commisioned and was scuttled unfinished on 3 May, 1945 in the U-boat pillbox \'Fink II\' Hamburg. | |
| XXIII | U-2372 - U-2400 | 29 boats | 526 - 554 | 1944 | The completed sections for those boats were transferred to Germaniawerft, Kiel in Feb 1945 for assembly of U-4713 - U-4718. |
| XXIII | U-4001 - U-4120 | 120 boats | 555 - 674 | 1944 |
Summary
Of those 177 contracts not finished by Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg, 8 had been laid down and 3 of those had been launched before the war ended.