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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
Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
31 commissioned U-boats
| Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
| VIIC | U-371 - U-390 | 20 boats | 2 - 21 | 1939 - 1943 |
| VIIC | U-391 - U-394 | 4 boats | 23 - 26 | 1941 - 1943 |
| VIIC | U-396 - U-400 | 5 boats | 28 - 32 | 1941 - 1944 |
| VIIC | U-1131 - U-1132 | 2 boats | 33 - 34 | 1941 - 1944 |
The first U-boat launched by Howaldtswerke AG in Kiel was the U-371 on 27 Jan, 1941, but the last U-boat launched was the U-1132 on 29 Apr, 1944. 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-395, U-1133, U-1134, U-1135, U-1136
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
| Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
| VIIC | U-395 | 27 | 1941 | Bombed while being fitted out on 29 July, 1943. Not finished. | |
| VIIC/41 | U-1133 - U-1146 | 14 boats | 35 - 48 | 1943 | |
| VIIC/42 | U-1147 - U-1152 | 6 boats | 49 - 54 | 1943 | |
| XXII | U-1153 - U-1154 | 2 boats | 55 - 56 | 1943 |
Summary
Of those 23 contracts not finished by Howaldtswerke AG in Kiel, 5 had been laid down and 1 of those had been launched before the war ended.