List of all U-boats
U-129
Type | IXC | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Jul 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 992) | |||||||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Feb 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 May 1941 | Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross) | |||||||||||||||
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| Career 10 patrols |
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| Successes | 29 ships sunk, total tonnage 143,748 GRT | ||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Taken out of service at Lorient 4 July, 1944. Scuttled there 18 Aug 1944. Raised and stricken in 1946, and broken up. | ||||||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-129 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Grönland (10 Aug 1941 - 25 Aug 1941)
Men lost from the boat
21 May 1943
During support/assistance by U-459 the boat lost one man overboard briefly from the rubber dinghy, but he was soon rescued. (Other sources say, that the man was missing)
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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