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11 March

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U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (5)	Launched (8)	Commissioned (3)
No U-boat orders on this date	1935: U-7 1940: U-333, U-352 1942: U-957 1943: U-868	1942: U-186, U-212 1943: U-345, U-428, U-743, U-744, U-853, U-974	1940: U-101 1943: U-849, U-967
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1940
	U-28	Kuhnke	Eulota	6,236	nl
1941
	U-106	Oesten	Memnon	7,506	br
	U-74	Kentrat	Frodi (d)	123	is
1942
	U-158	Rostin	Caribsea	2,609	am
	U-565	Jebsen	HMS Naiad (93)	5,450	br
	U-701	Degen	HMS Stella Capella (FY 107)	507	br
	U-94	Ites	Hvoslef	1,630	nw
1943
	U-160	Lassen	Aelybryn	4,986	br
	U-183	Schäfer	Olancho	2,493	ho
	U-432	Eckhardt	HMS Harvester (H 19)	1,340	br	HX-228
	U-590	Müller-Edzards	Jamaica Producer (d)	5,464	br	HX-228
	U-621	Kruschka	Baron Kinnaird	3,355	br	ONS-169
	U-757	Deetz	HMS LCT-2398	291	br	HX-228
	U-757	Deetz	William C. Gorgas	7,197	am	HX-228
	U-86	Schug	Brant County	5,001	nw	HX-228
				54,188
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1942

U-593. 21.26 hrs, approx three miles ahead of convoy PQ-13: gunfire from HMS Lamerton forced the boat to dive, after which she was kept submerged until darkness by four attacks using 25 depth charges from HMS Lamerton and HNoMS Newport. The boat escaped with minor damage. (Ritschel/ADM199-1782)

1943

U-221. After sinking 2 ships and damaging another from convoy HX 228, the escorts attacked U-221 with 6 depth charges, causing serious damage. The boat was forced to break off the action to make repairs at sea. (Blair, vol 2, page 255)

1944

U-255. Two men were wounded in an attack by aircraft. After an attempt to meet U-608, which had a doctor on board, failed, the men's wounds were treated and the boat continued on patrol.

U-380. Sunk at 1200hrs on 11 March, 1944 in the Mediterranean near Toulon, France, in position 43.07N, 05.55E, by US air attack. There was one fatality. [Maschinenmaat Jonny Christoph]

U-256. Aircraft attack, aircraft crashed:
Canadian Wellington HF311 (407 Sqdn RCAF/H, pilot P/O E.M. O’Donnell)

21.48 hrs, mid Atlantic: the boat observed an aircraft crashing into the sea close by. U-256 had not fired at the aircraft, which apparently crashed through pilot error during preparation for a low attack run. All six crewmen were lost.

(Franks/Zimmerman)

U-741. While outbound from France the boat was twice attacked by allied aircraft. Date may be approximate. (Blair, vol 2, page 505)

U-741. When surfacing after an aircraft attack the boat was again attacked - this time by aircraft and surface escorts. The boat was hunted for 3 hours but managed to get away.

U-boats lost

1940: U-31 +
1943: U-432 , U-444
1944: U-380 , U-410 UIT-22+ ,

169 men died when those 6 U-boats were lost on this date. 24 men survived.

Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat Men Lost or Wounded

There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 11 March.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Heino Bohmann (1914), Hans-Helmuth Bugs (1917), Adolf-Wilhelm Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (1918), Hans-Heinrich Ketels (1918), Walter Otto (1917), Günter Stührmann (1922), Eckehard Wolf (1918).

The following men died on this day:
Paul Brasack (2013), Helmut Brümmer-Patzig (1984), Hermann Eckhardt (1943), Johannes Habekost (1940), Albert Langfeld (1943), Karl Wunderlich (1944).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 11 March

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1940

Sailed:
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-30, U-34, U-46, U-47, U-49, U-51

U-boats entering base:
To Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-14 (9 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-209, U-376, U-378, U-655
From Lorient, France: U-154

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-558 (30 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-564
From Kiel, Germany: U-191
From Lorient, France: U-129
From Pola: U-431, U-561
From Trondheim, Norway: U-354

U-boats entering base:
To Bordeaux, France: U-462 (21 days)
To Sunk U-432 (26 days)
To Toulon, France: U-458 (34 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-1061
From Bordeaux, France: U-196
From Kiel, Germany: U-736, U-740
From La Pallice: U-228, U-302 (lost 27 days later)
From Lorient, France: U-155, U-190

U-boats entering base:
To Hammerfest, Norway: U-716 (2 days)
To Marviken U-766 (3 days), U-993 (3 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-288 (15 days)
To Pola U-596 (29 days)
To Soerabaja UIT-25 (5 days)

1945

Sailed:
From Frederikshavn: U-218
From Horten, Norway: U-858, U-1063 (lost 36 days later)
From Kiel, Germany: U-546 (lost 45 days later), U-881, U-1109
From Kristiansand: U-1001 (lost 29 days later)

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-805 (9 days)
To Kristiansand U-1001 (2 days)

U-boats at sea on 11 March

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

General Events on 11 March

1941

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Lend-Lease system. Under this arrangement, the United States provided its wartime allies with war materials and other needed supplies. The agreement included the exchange of fifty old American destroyers for specific British-held Atlantic bases.

1945

Convoy JW-65 sailed from the Clyde.

1963

The former U-766 stricken as the French Q335. Broken up.

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