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U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (4)	Launched (3)	Commissioned (3)
No U-boat orders on this date	1937: U-56 1940: U-154 1942: U-772, U-854	1940: U-145, U-146 1943: U-722	1935: U-11 1944: U-2334 U-2509
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
1939
	U-35	Lott	Teakwood (d)	6,014	br	OA-7
1940
	U-100	Schepke	Canonesa	8,286	br	HX-72
	U-100	Schepke	Dalcairn	4,608	br	HX-72
	U-100	Schepke	Torinia	10,364	br	HX-72
	U-138	Lüth	Empire Adventure	5,145	br	OB-216
	U-47	Prien	Elmbank (d)	5,156	br	HX-72
	U-48	Bleichrodt	Blairangus	4,409	br	HX-72
	U-48	Bleichrodt	Broompark (d)	5,136	br	HX-72
	U-99	Kretschmer	Baron Blythswood	3,668	br	HX-72
	U-99	Kretschmer	Elmbank	5,156	br	HX-72
	U-99	Kretschmer	Invershannon	9,154	br	HX-72
1941
	U-201	Schnee	Lissa	1,511	br	OG-74
	U-201	Schnee	Rhineland	1,381	br	OG-74
	U-201	Schnee	Runa	1,575	br	OG-74
1942
	U-175	Bruns	Predsednik Kopajtic	1,798	yu
1943
	U-188	Lüdden	Cornelia P. Spencer	7,176	am
	U-593	Kelbling	William W. Gerhard	7,176	am	NSS-3
	U-952	Curio	HMS Polyanthus (K 47)	925	br	ON-202
				88,638
* 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-606. Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
Norwegian Catalina Mk.III FP525 (330 Sqdn RAF/Z, pilot Lt C.J.A. Stansberg)

11.14 hrs, NE of Jan Mayen Island: the boat was attacked by the Catalina astern of convoy QP 14. Accurate flak during the attack run caused four depth charges to fall wide, causing only minor damage to the boat. With two wounded and damage to one engine and the petrol tanks, the Catalina made a forced landing near the convoy. The crew were rescued by HMS Marne.

(Franks/Zimmerman)

1943

U-539. The boat was attacked by British Hudson V9161 (269 Sqn RAF/G, pilot F/Sgt E.J.L. Brame) SE of Iceland. On the first approach the port aileron was damaged by flak and the pilot decided to drop two 100lb A/S bombs from a higher altitude to force the boat to dive. The bombs fell close, but U-539 stayed on the surface, evaded the three depth charges dropped in the following low level attack, and then escaped by diving. (Franks/Zimmerman)

U-386. U-386 had to break off an attack on convoy ON 202 in mid Atlantic after being heavily depth charged. (Blair, vol 2, page 423)

U-boats lost

No U-boats were lost on this date, 21 September.

- 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, 21 September.

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Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Walter Burghagen (1891), Kurt von Gossler (1905), Jürgen Hillmann (1920), Günther Krech (1914).

The following men died on this day:
Hellmuth-Bert Richard (1942).

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 21 September

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.

1939

U-boats entering base:
To Kiel, Germany: U-23 (13 days)

1940

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-103, U-123
From Stavanger, Norway: U-137

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-59 (15 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-46 (2 days)

1941

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-109

U-boats entering base:
To St. Nazaire, France: U-569 (42 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-257
From Brest, France: U-254
From Kirkenes: U-456

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-440 (21 days)
To Kiel, Germany: U-436 (2 days)
To Messina, Italy: U-559 (24 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-403 (27 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-462 (61 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Bordeaux, France: U-193, U-530
From Brest, France: U-91, U-155

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-629 (4 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Altafjord: U-965
From Baltisch Port: U-242, U-1001
From Marviken: U-1163

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-437 (30 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-310 (9 days), U-737 (6 days)

U-boats at sea on 21 September

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 21 September

1996

A memorial to the crew of U-250, sunk 30 July 1944, was unveiled at Kronstadt Russian naval base, St. Petersburg.

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General Events on 21 September

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