Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Dec 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Nov 1941 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 659) | ||||||||
| Launched | 20 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Oct 1942 | Oblt. Robert Schetelig | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 8,352 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,670 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 22 Sept, 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 54.36N, 36.25W, by depth charges, gunfire and ramming from the British destroyer HMS Keppel. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-229 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Neuland (4 Mar 1943 - 6 Mar 1943)
Ostmark (6 Mar 1943 - 11 Mar 1943)
Stürmer (11 Mar 1943 - 16 Mar 1943)
Leuthen (15 Sep 1943 - 23 Sep 1943)
Attacks on this boat
17 May 1943
The U-229 was attacked by a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 190, pilot F/LT F Gosling, aircraft nr. EP215) aircraft with four bombs. The boat was damaged so badly that it had to return to base.
1 recorded attack 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-229 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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