U-108
Type | IXB | |||||||||
| Ordered | 24 May, 1938 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 27 Dec, 1939 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 971) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Jul, 1940 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Oct, 1940 | Kptlt. Klaus Scholtz (Knights Cross/Oak Leaves) | ||||||||
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| Career | 11 patrols | 22 Oct, 1940 - 31 Jan, 1941 2. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep, 1943 - 11 Apr, 1944 8. Flottille (training) | ||||||||
| Successes | 25 ships sunk for a total of 118.722 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 16.644 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 11 Apr 1944 at Stettin, by bombs; raised; taken out of service at Stettin 17 Jul, 1944; scuttled there 24 Apr 1945. | |||||||||
See the 26 ships hit by U-108 - View the 11 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-108 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Rochen (22 Jan, 1943 - 10 Feb, 1943)
Meise (20 Apr, 1943 - 27 Apr, 1943)
Specht (27 Apr, 1943 - 4 May, 1943)
Attacks on this boat
11 Nov, 1942
While operating against the Torch landings the boat was depth charges by an Allied destroyer and damaged, forcing the boat to abort its attack and leave for repairs. After being unable to fully repair the boat she aborted to France. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 109)
10 Feb, 1943
At 16.15 hours, the boat was extensively damaged by 3 bombs from a British Gibraltar-based Catalina aircraft (RAF Sqdn 202 / N, pilot William Ogle-Skan) north of the Canaries. The damages to the bow torpedo tubes forced the Germans to abort the patrol the next day. (Sources: Ritschel)
22 Apr, 1943
The boat was depth charges for a "fairly long time" but continued to shadow convoy ON(S) 4. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 285)
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-108 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |
There was another U-108 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Oct, 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 5 Dec, 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 108 during WWI.