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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
Allied Warships
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Shipyards
Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack
Vegesack-Bremen
74 commissioned U-boats
| Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
| VIIB | U-73 - U-76 | 4 boats | 1 - 4 | 1938 - 1940 |
| VIIC | U-77 - U-82 | 6 boats | 5 - 10 | 1939 - 1941 |
| VIIC | U-132 - U-136 | 5 boats | 11 - 15 | 1939 - 1941 |
| VIIC | U-251 - U-291 | 41 boats | 16 - 56 | 1939 - 1943 |
| VIIC/41 | U-292 - U-300 | 9 boats | 57 - 65 | 1941 - 1943 |
| VIIC/41 | U-1271 - U-1279 | 9 boats | 66 - 74 | 1942 - 1944 |
The first U-boat launched by Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft in Bremen-Vegesack was the U-73 on 27 Jul, 1940, but the last U-boat launched was the U-1278 on 15 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-1280, U-1281, U-1282
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
| Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
| VIIC/41 | U-1280 - U-1291 | 12 boats | 75 - 86 | 1942 | 50-60% completed when cancelled on 23 Sept 1944. |
| VIIC/42 | U-1292 - U-1297 | 6 boats | 87 - 92 | 1943 | |
| XXI | U-3101 - U-3295 | 195 boats | 913 - 1107 | 1944 | Planned for construction in the huge U-boat bunker Valentin near Bremen. |
Summary
Of those 213 contracts not finished by Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft in Bremen-Vegesack, 3 had been laid down before the war ended.