U-126
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Jun 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 989) | ||||||||
| Launched | 31 Dec 1940 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Mar 1941 | Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | 24 ships sunk for a total of 111,564 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 450 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 5 ships damaged for a total of 37,501 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 14,173 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 3 July, 1943 north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.02N, 11.23W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/R). 55 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Attacks on this boat
15 Jun 1943
The boat was severly bombed by an aircraft off Freetown. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 207)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
Check out our wonderful 33-photo gallery for U-126.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-126 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-126 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Jun 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 7 Oct 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 126 during WWI.