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On this site you will find all the German U-boats of both World Wars, their commanding officers and operations including all Allied ships attacked, technological information and much more. You can also browse our large photo gallery and thousands of U-boat books and movies. While hundreds of U-boats were lost some of the boats are preserved as museums today.

We also have a huge section covering the Allied forces and their struggle with the U-boat threat – not to mention the Pacific war. Included there are all the Allied Warships and thousands of Allied Commanding officers from all the major navies (US Navy, Royal Navy, …) plus technical pages and information on the air forces.

What's new on this site


28 Jul
Wreck of British tanker Shirvan likely found
On 28 July 2010 oceanic researches from the company Hafmyndir ehf. in cooperation with scientists from University of Iceland, using a small Icelandic-made research submarine, believe they have found the wreck of the Shirvan. The ship lies in 3 pieces at depth of 100 in roughly the reported position.

28 Jul
Book review published
After too long a book review hiatus I finally got around to publishing a new one. This time it's for the fantastic title The Battle for Norway, April-June 1940 by Geirr H. Haarr. The topic is slightly off our normal scope but its touches on the U-boat operations off Norway plus the numerous naval operations during the campaign.

19 Jul
Revisions of U-boat fates of WWII
I've reworked the information on our revised U-boat fates (about 150 since the end of the war). Now the source of the revision is listed, along with the date. Example of this is the newly revised U-325 which has 3 entries; one from 1993, a revision in 2007 and another one in 2010. This makes it easier to track each detail.

13 Jul
U-boat Commander passes away
Sad news. Oblt. Günter Behnisch, former commander of U-2337 passed away yesterday, July 12, in Stuttgart, Germany. He became a successful and famous architect after the war, designing among other things the Münich Olympic stadium.

9 Jul
Crew lists of Allied ships hit by U-boats
We're compiling crew lists for the ships hit by U-boats in the war, both survivors and those who lost their lives. Already we have 5,600 names and still have a long way to go. Hopefully we can open this new database soon. This project is similar to our Allied Commanders section, each person has its own page and links to the ships in question.

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From the Gallery


U-995 at Laboe, set D

U-2540 at Bremerhaven, Germany

Sinking of HMS Barham

Announcement Board

U-864 to undergo further research before possible raising (6 Mar 2010)

HMS E18 found (24 Oct 2009)

U 40 from WWI has been located (6 Apr 2009)

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