Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Aug 1940 | Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen (werk 704) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Aug 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Feb 1942 | Korvkpt. Eberhard Hoffmann | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 8,396 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 358 GRT 3 ships damaged, total tonnage 14,499 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged, total tonnage 7,252 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 27 Sept, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay west of Lorient, in position 47.00N, 05.30W by depth charges from Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 311/Q RAF) (Czech). 51 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé & Eric Zimmerman, February 2003). | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-165 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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There was another U-165 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Aug 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 6 Nov 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 165 during WWI.