U-194

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered4 Nov 1940
Laid down 17 Jan 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1040)
Launched22 Sep 1942
Commissioned8 Jan 1943Kptlt. Hermann Hesse
Commanders
8 Jan 1943 - 24 Jun 1943  Kptlt. Hermann Hesse
Career1 patrol 8 Jan 1943 - 31 May 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1943 - 24 Jun 1943  10. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland in position 59.00N, 26.18W by a homing torpedo from an American Catalina aircraft (VP-84/G). 54 dead (all hands lost).

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Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Axel Niestlé during December 1987. More on revised fates.

Sunk 24 June, 1943 south of Iceland, in position 58.15N, 25.25W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/H).

This attack in fact resulted in the sinking of U-200.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-194 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.