Events on this day

15 July

This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.

U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (6)	Launched (3)	Commissioned (3)
No U-boat orders on this date	1941: U-223, U-224, U-623, U-624 1942: U-746, U-861	1940: U-108 1941: U-507 1942: U-529	1939: U-42 1942: U-467 1943: U-988
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-34	Rollmann	Evdoxia	2,018	gr
1942
	U-201	Schnee	British Yeoman	6,990	br
	U-571	Möhlmann	Pennsylvania Sun (d)	11,394	am
	U-576	Heinicke	Bluefields	2,063	ni	KS-520
	U-576	Heinicke	Chilore (d)	8,310	am	KS-520
	U-576	Heinicke	J.A. Mowinckel (d)	11,147	pa	KS-520
	U-582	Schulte	Empire Attendant	7,524	br	OS-33
1943
	U-135	Luther	Twickenham (d)	4,762	br	OS-51
	U-172	Emmermann	Harmonic	4,558	br
	U-181	Lüth	Empire Lake	2,852	br
	U-572	Kummetat	Gilbert B. Walters	176	br
1944
	U-181	Freiwald	Tanda	7,174	br
	U-198	Heusinger von Waldegg	Director	5,107	br
	U-679	Breckwoldt	TK-57 (No 60) (d)	36	sj
				74,111
* 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

1940

U-57. The British submarine HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSC, RN) fired a spread of three torpedoes at U-57 off the entrance to Korsfjord near Bergen, Norway, none of which found their target.

1942

U-561. Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British B-24 Liberator Mk.II AL566 (159 Sqdn RAF, pilot W/O W.S. Pottie)

22.07 hrs, ENE of Port Said, Egypt: After firing at the aircraft (misidentified as a Sunderland) with the 20mm flak guns as it approached, the Germans observed hits on the aircraft, which passed over the boat without dropping bombs. U-561 then dived, but was again attacked on surfacing at 23.15 hrs. Again scoring further hits with the flak guns, the Germans watched as the aircraft caught fire, jettisoned its bomb load and crashed into the sea. All seven aircrew died. (Franks/Zimmerman)

1944

U-319. Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British B-24 Liberator (Sqdn 206/E). The boat was sunk with all hands, 50 men, during this attack. All ten aircrew also died.

U-boats lost

1942: U-576 +
1943: U-135 , U-509 +, U-759 +
1944: U-319 +

202 men died when those 5 U-boats were lost on this date. 41 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, 15 July.

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

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Karl Hause (1916).

The following men died on this day:
Johannes Clemens (1944), Rudolf Friedrich (1943), Hans-Dieter Heinicke (1942), Werner Witte (1943).

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 15 July

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 Bergen, Norway: U-57

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-57 (5 days)

1941

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-125

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-84 (9 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-501 (4 days)

1942

U-boats entering base:
To Narvik, Norway: U-251 (10 days), U-255 (23 days), U-376 (39 days), U-703 (17 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-290, U-396, U-745
From Bogenbucht: U-737
From Brest, France: U-621
From Kiel, Germany: U-250
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-9
From Lorient, France: U-518
From Penang, Malaysia: U-1062 (lost days later)

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-771 (25 days)
To Brest, France: U-763 (36 days)
To Horten, Norway: U-300 (3 days)
To Kiel, Germany: U-1060 (3 days)
To Kristiansand U-1229 (3 days)
To Le Havre U-741 (11 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-1061 (3 days)

U-boats at sea on 15 July

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

1945

U-977.
1 boats at sea.

General Events on 15 July

1945

U-181, in Japanese hands since 6 May 1945, was renamed I 501.

U-195, in Japanese hands since 6 May 1945, was renamed I 506.

U-219, in Japanese hands since 6 May 1945, was renamed I 505.

U-862, in Japanese hands since 6 May 1945, was renamed I 502.

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