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19 January

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U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (1)	Launched (3)	Commissioned (3)
No U-boat orders on this date	1945: U-2371	1943: U-542 1944: U-1013 1945: U-4706	1943: U-170 1944: U-484 U-1168
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country
1940
	U-55	Heidel	Telnes	1,694	nw
	U-59	Jürst	Quiberon	1,296	fr
	U-9	Lüth	Patria	1,188	sw
1942
	U-123	Hardegen	Ciltvaira	3,779	le
	U-123	Hardegen	City of Atlanta	5,269	am
	U-123	Hardegen	Malay (d)	8,206	am
	U-123	Hardegen	Norvana	2,677	am
	U-581	Pfeifer	HMS Rosemonde	364	br
	U-66	Zapp	Lady Hawkins	7,988	ca
				32,461
* 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-123. Kosmos II tried to ram the surfaced U-123 off Oregon Inlet. The U-boat was in shallow water, without any torpedoes left and one of the diesel engines out of order. The Germans managed to get the engine running when the ship was only 75m (246 ft) away and slowly out-distanced her at full speed.

U-boats lost

1944: U-641 +

50 men died when this U-boat was lost. There were no survivors.
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, 19 January.

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

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Heinz Emmrich (1913), Joachim Franze (1918), Fedor Kuscher (1919), Günther Rosenberg (1917).

The following men died on this day:
Alfred John (2000), Emil Klusmeier (1982), Horst Rendtel (1944), Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler (2000).

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 19 January

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.

1942

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-505
From Lorient, France: U-67, U-156, U-502

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-352 (5 days)
To Messina, Italy: U-375 (3 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-504

U-boats entering base:
To La Pallice U-134 (97 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-985
From Bordeaux, France: UIT-22
From La Pallice: U-263 (lost 2 days later)
From Toulon, France: U-223, U-230

U-boats entering base:
To Konstanza, Rumania: U-19 (29 days)
To Toulon, France: U-343 (25 days)

1945

Sailed:
From Batavia: U-195
From Bergen, Norway: U-1276

U-boats entering base:
To Kalundborg U-2324 (2 days)

U-boats at sea on 19 January

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 19 January

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