U-119
Type | XB | |||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug, 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 15 May, 1940 | Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 624) | ||||
| Launched | 6 Jan, 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 2 Apr, 1942 | Kptlt. Alois Zech | ||||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 2 Apr, 1942 - 31 Jan, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1943 - 24 Jun, 1943 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 2.937 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.176 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 24 June, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 44.59N, 12.24W by ramming and depth charges from the British sloop HMS Starling. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 2 ships hit by U-119 - View the 2 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
29 Apr, 1943
At 11.24 hours, the outbound boat was strafed and bombed by an Australian Sunderland aircraft (RAAF Sqdn 461 / P). The boat was not damaged, but one man was killed by gunfire. [Bootsmaat Alfred Schmidt] (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
29 Apr, 1943
One man was lost when a Sunderland aircraft (461 Sqdn) attacked the U-boat.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
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-119 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Apr, 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 20 Jun, 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 119 during WWI.