U-219

Type

XB

Ordered

6 Aug 1940

Laid down

31 May 1941

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 625)

Launched

6 Oct 1942

Commissioned

12 Dec 1942

Korvkpt. Walter Burghagen

Commanders

12 Dec 1942

5 May 1945

Walter Burghagen

Career
2 patrols

12 Dec 1942	-	30 Jun 1943	4. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1943	-	30 Sep 1944	12. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944	-	5 May 1945	33. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Taken over by Japan at Jakarta, Indonesia on 5 May 1945 in Batavia and became the Japanese submarine I 505 on 15 July 1945.

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Surrendered at Jakarta in August 1945. Sunk by gunfire from the Royal Netherlands Navy destroyer HNMS Kortenaer (ex-HMS Scorpion) south of the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra, on 3 February 1946.

Loss position

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat and other events

28 Sep 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down: American Avenger (VC-6 USN, pilot Lt W.R. Gillespie)

The boat was attacked five times by three aircraft from the escort carrier USS Tripoli operating on ULTRA information west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands and even escaped a Fido homing torpedo. At 19.40 hrs, an Avenger was shot down by AA fire, killing the crew of three men. This was the last escort carrier aircraft lost to U-boat action in the Atlantic.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-219 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.