U-235
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Feb, 1942 | Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 665) | ||||||||
| Launched | 4 Nov, 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 Dec, 1942 | Oblt. Goske von Möllendorf | ||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 19 Dec, 1942 - 20 May, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 29 Oct, 1943 - 1 Apr, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) 2 Apr, 1945 - 14 Apr, 1945 31. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 14 May, 1943 at the Germaniawerft dockyard, Kiel, by US bombs. Raised, repaired, and returned to service on 29 Oct, 1943. Sunk in error in the Kattegat at 0700hrs on 14 April, 1945 in position 57.44N, 10.39E, by depth charges from the German torpedo boat T17. 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-235 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 |