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U-126

Type

IXC

 
Ordered7 Aug, 1939
Laid down 1 Jun, 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 989)
Launched31 Dec, 1940
Commissioned22 Mar, 1941Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)
Commanders
22 Mar, 1941 - 28 Feb, 1943  Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)
1 Mar, 1943 - 3 Jul, 1943  Oblt. Siegfried Kietz
Career6 patrols 22 Mar, 1941 - 1 Jul, 1941  2. Flottille (training)
1 Jul, 1941 - 3 Jul, 1943  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes24 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).

See the 32 ships hit by U-126 - View the 6 war patrols

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 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-126 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
Schiff 16, Rogge, Bernhard, 1955 (transl.)
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-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.