List of successful U-boats

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List of successful U-boats contains lists of the most successful German U-boats in the two World Wars based on total tonnage.

[edit] World War I

This list contains the 5 most successful German U-boats during the First World War based on total tonnage. Only sunk commercial vessels are included, not military (warships) nor damaged ships.

5 Top-scoring U-boats of World War I
Boat Type Commissioned Total tonnage Ships sunk Patrols Fate Captains
U-35 U 31 November 3, 1914 539,741 224 17 Surrendered, November 26, 1918 Waldemar Kophamel, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Ernst von Voigt, Heino von Heimburg
U-39 U 31 January 13, 1915 404,478 154 19 Surrendered, March 22, 1919 Hans Kratzsch, Walter Forstmann, Heinrich Metzger
U-38 U 31 December 15, 1914 299,985 137 17 Surrendered, February 23, 1919 Max Valentiner, Wilhelm Canaris, Hans Heinrich Wurmbach, Clemens Wickel
U-34 U 31 October 5, 1914 262,886 121 17 Missing, October 18, 1918 Claus Rücker, Johannes Klasing, Wilhelm Canaris
U-33 U 31 September 27, 1914 229,598 84 16 Surrendered, January 16, 1919 Konrad Gansser, Gustav Sieß, Hellmuth von Doemming

[edit] World War II

This list contains the 10 most successful German U-boats during the Second World War based on total tonnage. Both commercial and military vessels (warships) are included but only sunk ships are included, not damaged ships.

10 Top-scoring U-boats of World War II
Boat Type Commissioned Total tonnage Ships sunk Patrols Fate Captains
U-48 VIIB April 22, 1939 307,935 52 12 Scuttled, May 3, 1945 Herbert Schultze, Hans-Rudolf Rösing, Heinrich Bleichrodt
U-99 VIIB April 18, 1940 244,658 38 8 Scuttled, March 17, 1941 after depth charging by HMS Walker Otto Kretschmer
U-103 IXB April 18, 1940 237,596 45 11 Decommissioned March 1944. Sunk by bombs in Kiel, 15 April 1945 Viktor Schütze, Werner Winter
U-124 IXB June 11, 1940 224,953 48 11 Lost with all hands, April 2, 1943 after depth charging by HMS Stonecrop and HMS Black Swan. Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, Johann Mohr
U-123 IXB May 30, 1940 223,816 44 12 Decommissoned June 1944. Scuttled in port, August 19, 1944. Refloated and taken into French service as Blaison.. Karl-Heinz Moehle, Reinhard Hardegen, Horst von Schroeter
U-107 IXB October 8, 1940 217,786 39 14 Lost with all hands August 18, 1944 after depth charging by a RAF 201 Squadron Sunderland. Günter Hessler, Harald Gelhaus, Volker Simmermacher, Karl-Heinz Fritz
U-37 IX August 4, 1938 202,528 55 11 Scuttled, May 8, 1945 Heinrich Schuch, Werner Hartmann, Victor Oehrn, Asmus Nicolai Clausen, Ulrich Folkers
U-66 IXC March 20, 1940 200,021 33 12 Sunk May 6, 1944 by Grumman Wildcats and Avengers of USS Block Island, rammed by destroyer escort USS Buckley Richard Zapp, Friedrich Markworth, Paul Frerks, Gerhard Seehausen
U-68 IXC February 11, 1941 197,998 33 10 Sunk April 10, 1944, depth charges and rockets fired by Grumman Wildcats and Avengers of USS Guadalcanal. Karl-Friedrich Merten, Albert Lauzemis, Ekkehard Scherraus, Gerhard Seehausen, Albert Lauzemis
U-47 VIIB December 17, 1938 191,919 31 10 Missing with all hands, March 7, 1941. Cause unknown. Günther Prien

[edit] References

See also: List of U-boats


U-boats U-47
U-boat • Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918) • Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) • Operation Deadlight
U-boats: List of U-boats • List of successful U-boats • List of U-boats never deployed • List of Austrian U-boats • Foreign captured U-boats
Flotillas: List of U-boat flotillas • 1. Unterseebootsflottille • 2. Unterseebootsflottille • 3. Unterseebootsflottille • 4. Unterseebootsflottille • 5. Unterseebootsflottille • 6. Unterseebootsflottille • 7. Unterseebootsflottille • 8. Unterseebootsflottille • 9. Unterseebootsflottille • 11. Unterseebootsflottille • 13. Unterseebootsflottille • 29. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders: List of successful U-boat commanders • Aces of the Deep • Erich Raeder • Karl Dönitz
Wolf packs: Blücher • Eisbär • Endrass • Hai • Hecht • Lachs • Pfadfinder • Steinbrock • Tümmler • Vorwärts • Wolf
Combats: Convoy SC-7 • Convoy PQ-17 • Mediterranean U-boat Campaign • Battle of the St. Lawrence • Black May • Bismarck Chase
Capital ships sunk: HMS Royal Oak • HMS Barham • HMS Courageous • HMS Ark Royal • HMS Audacity • HMS Avenger • HMS Eagle • USS Block Island • [[USS Virginia]]
Technology: Asdic • Leigh Light • Q-ship • Schnorkel edit
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