U-129

Type

IXC

 
Ordered7 Aug 1939
Laid down30 Jul 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 992)
Launched28 Feb 1941
Commissioned21 May 1941Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)
Commanders
21 May 1941 - 13 May 1942  Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)
14 May 1942 - 8 Jul 1943  KrvKpt. Hans-Ludwig Witt (Knights Cross)
12 Jul 1943 - 19 Jul 1944  Oblt. Richard von Harpe
Career
10 patrols
21 May 1941-30 Jun 1941  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1941-1 Jul 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes29 ships sunk for a total of 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.

See the 29 ships hit by U-129 - View the 10 war patrols

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 Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.