U-219

Type

XB

Ordered

6 Aug, 1940

Laid down

31 May, 1941

Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 625)

Launched

6 Oct, 1942

Commissioned

12 Dec, 1942

Korvkpt. Walter Burghagen

Commanders

12 Dec, 1942 - 8 May, 1945

Walter Burghagen

Career

2 patrols

12 Dec, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Jul, 1943 - 30 Sep, 1944  12. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Taken over by Japan at Jakarta, Indonesia on 8 May, 1945 in Batavia and became the Japanese submarine I 505 on 15 July, 1945. Surrendered at Jakarta in August 1945, broken up in 1948

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

28 Sep, 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down: American Avenger (VC-6 USN, pilot Lt W.R. Gillespie)

The boat was attacked five times by three aircraft from USS Tripoli operating on ULTRA information west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands and even escaped a Fido homing torpedo. At 19.40 hours, an Avenger was shot down by AA fire, killing the crew of three men. This was the last aircraft lost to U-boats from escort carriers in the Atlantic.

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-219 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.