U-237
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 23 Apr, 1942 | Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 667) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Dec, 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Jan, 1943 | Oblt. Hubert Nordheimer | ||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 30 Jan, 1943 - 20 May, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 8 Oct, 1943 - 28 Feb, 1945 23. Flottille (trial boat) 1 Mar, 1945 - 4 Apr, 1945 31. Flottille (-) | ||||||||
| 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 8 Oct, 1943. Sunk 4 April, 1945 at Deutsche Werke, Kiel, by British bombs. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors. | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-237 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 |