U-boat fates

 Operation Deadlight
116 German U-boats were scuttled by the Allied post war.

U-boats at sea on May 4 1945
43 U-boats were at sea on May 4 when the cease-fire orders were sent out.

U-boat losses by cause

This is an attempt to catalogue all U-boat losses by cause.

U-boats missing in action

Listing of all U-boats believed to be missing during the war.

Captured U-boats

4 German U-boats and 1 English submarine were captured at sea in the war.

Sunk by Allied Subs

The war was also fought under the sea. 19 German U-boats were lost to allied submarines.

U-boats Today

5 U-boats are still existing today and you can visit 4 of them.

Interned in Spain

Two German U-boats were interned in Spain during the war.

Roughly 220 U-boats were scuttled in early May 1945 in Operation Regenbogen.

Surrendered U-boats

Listing of all 156 U-boats surrendering after the war.

Losses by year

This is a set of pages listing all the U-boat losses during each year of the war.

U-boats after WWII

This is a compilation of all the U-boats that either survived the war or were later raised and re-commissioned.

Bombed in Safe Waters

This page covers the U-boats lost in harbours and home waters through allied air raids.

Chart of U-boat losses in WWII


Losses in May 1943

This was the turning point in Battle of the Atlantic. 40 U-boats lost and many damaged.

Post-war U-boat events

Post-war U-boat fates, wreck discoveries, U-boats raised after the war etc.