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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


29 Jan
New emblem page created
Added 29 new emblems to our Emblem section. Almost all of them were Coat of Arms of various cities, towns or regions. I thus created a special Coat of Arms page showing all known Wappen displayed on U-boats. Some Coats of Arms are still unknown to us but we already have most of them here.

29 Jan
U-boat Commander passes away
Former U-boat Commander ace of WWII Kvrkpt. Georg Lassen, passed away on 18 Jan at Mallorca, Spain at the age of 96. He was one of very, very few of the top aces to still be with us.


16 Dec
Crew lists of Allied ships hit by U-boats
Added 8,085 new personnel entries to our Crew lists from Ships hit by U-boats section. 47,467 names listed now.

31 Oct
Just added 5,082 people to our Crew lists from Ships hit by U-boats section. 39,297 names listed there now.

31 Oct
New article published

Added the article The U-Boats that Surrendered - U-1407 (HMS Meteorite) in the Royal Navy - 1945 to 1949 by Derek Waller. It covers the often overlooked post-war service of former German U-boats in the Royal Navy.

From the Gallery


U-995 at Laboe, set D

U-boat commander illustrations

Inside the U-505, Chicago

Recent articles


The U-Boats that Surrendered. U-1407 (HMS Meteorite) in the Royal Navy - 1945 to 1949 by Derek Waller - 31 Oct 2011
The Potsdam Agreement signed on 2 August 1945 included the decision to allocate just 10 U-Boats to each of the three Allies for technical assessment and experimental purposes. This led to the creation of the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) which was charged with determining the list of U-Boats to be allocated to each country. Thus, they recommended which U-Boats should be retained by the UK, one of which was the Type XVIIB U-Boat, U-1407, which was powered by a Walter gas turbine using high-test peroxide (HTP) as its fuel.

The U-Boats that Surrendered - The U-Boats Allocated to the UK in 1945 (Version 2) by Derek Waller - 9 Oct 2011
The 1945 post-war Potsdam Agreement signed on 2 August 1945, which included the requirement to allocate 10 U-Boats to each of the three Allies (USA, UK and USSR), led to the creation of the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC), which was charged with determining exactly which U-Boats would be allocated to each country. Thus, representatives of the TNC visited the UK in August and September 1945 to inspect all the surrendered U-Boats held in the UK, mainly at Lisahally and in Loch Ryan. As a result, they decided which U-Boats should be recommended to the Commission for formal allocation and therefore transfer to each of the three Allies.

The U-Boats that Surrendered - U-Boats at Lisahally in Lough Foyle, near Londonderry, N. Ireland 1945 to 1949 by Derek Waller - 4 Sep 2011
In May 1945 the Royal Naval port at Lisahally, in Lough Foyle near Londonderry in Northern Ireland became a centre of activity for the receipt, processing and ultimate disposal of many of the German U-Boats that had surrendered elsewhere in Europe at the end of the war.

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