List of all U-boats

U-150

Type

IID

Ordered

25 Sep 1939

Laid down

25 May 1940

Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 279)

Launched

19 Oct 1940

Commissioned

27 Nov 1940

Oblt. Hinrich Kelling

Commanders

27 Nov 1940	-	31 Aug 1942	Hinrich Kelling
9 Jan 1942	-	May, 1944	Oblt. Hermann Schultz
May, 1944	-	7 Jun 1944	Oblt. Emil Ranzau
16 Jul 1944	-	21 Dec 1944	Oblt. Hunold Ahlefeld
22 Dec 1944	-	31 Mar 1945	Oblt. Hans-Helmut Anschütz
1 Apr 1945	-	8 May 1945	Oblt. Jürgen Kriegshammer

Career
No patrols

27 Nov 1940	-	31 Dec 1940	1. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1941	-	31 Mar 1945	22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Apr 1945	-	8 May 1945	31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Heligoland, Germany.

Taken to Loch Ryan on 30 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk by gunfire in position 56.04N, 09.35W from the British destroyer HMS Onslaught and patrol sloop HMS Powey on 21 Dec 1945.

Previously recorded fate

Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany in May, 1945.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-150 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.