U-161
Type | IXC | |||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep, 1939 | |||||||
| Laid down | 23 Mar, 1940 | Seebeck, Bremen (werk 700) | ||||||
| Launched | 1 Mar, 1941 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 8 Jul, 1941 | Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Witt (Knights Cross) | ||||||
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| Career | 6 patrols | 8 Jul, 1941 - 31 Dec, 1941 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1942 - 27 Sep, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||
| Successes | 12 ships sunk for a total of 60.107 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.130 tons 5 ships damaged for a total of 35.672 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 5.450 tons 1 ship a total loss for a total of 3.305 GRT | |||||||
| Fate | Sunk 27 Sept, 1943 in the South Atlantic near Bahia, in position 12.30S, 35.35W, by depth charges from a US Mariner aircraft (USN VP-74/P-2). 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||
See the 20 ships hit by U-161 - View the 6 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-161 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |
There was another U-161 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 23 Mar, 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 29 Jun, 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 161 during WWI.