About uboat.net

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


1 Feb
New book review published
Added a review of the title The Wheezers and Dodgers by Gerald Pawle. This fine book covers the Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development of the Royal Navy during WWII.



29 Jan
U-boat Commander Photos added
Added photos of the following 14 German U-boat commanders of WWI;
KrvKpt. Robert Bartels, Oblt. Kurt Braun, KrvKpt. Rainer Dierksen, Kptlt. Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky, Oblt. Gerhard Glattes, KrvKpt. Ludwig Mathes, Kplt. Hans Möglich, Kptlt. Herbert Nollau, Oblt. Rudolf Ites, Kplt. Jürgen Quaet-Faslem, Kplt. Siegfried Rollmann, Kptlt. Hans-Rutger Tillessen, FrgKpt. Gerhard Wiebe, and KrvKpt. Werner Witte.

These photos were provided by the kind folks of the Deutsches U-Boot Museum-Archiv (see contact information).

2 Jan
New gallery of diving photos
Mr. Taner Aksoy dived the scuttled U-20 off the Turkish coast on 27 Dec 2009 and provided us with very nice photos. See our new U 20 in the Black Sea diving gallery containing 14 photos.

2009


24 Dec
U-boat war in the Mediterranean section updated
The ageing section U-boat War in the Mediterranean was given a major overhaul. It's not perfect yet and will be worked on further. Biggest improvements now include chart of operational strength of the U-boat force throughout the campaign, maps of ships sunk and U-boats lost. Last but not least are two new pages showing the most successful U-boats and Most successful Commanders in the Mediterranean. Also are pages showing all merchants and warships hit by U-boats in the theatre.

18 Dec
Happy holidays to all! :)
We wish to extend our warmest regards to all our visitors. May you have a great holiday season!

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From the Gallery


Model of U-617 at sea

Inside the U-505, Chicago

U-505 in its bunker in Chicago

Announcement Board

HMS E18 found (24 Oct 2009)

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

U-864 to be raised after all (31 Jan 2009)

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