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Type	VIIA
Ordered	1 Apr, 1935
Laid down	2 Jan, 1936	AG Weser, Bremen (werk 910)
Launched	29 Aug, 1936
Commissioned	16 Nov, 1936	Kptlt. Heinz Fischer
Commanders	16 Nov, 1936 - 31 Oct, 1938   Heinz Fischer 1 Nov, 1938 - 3 Apr, 1939   Georg-Heinz Michel 4 Apr, 1939 - 2 Jan, 1941   Kptlt. Otto Schuhart (Knights Cross) 3 Jan, 1941 - 14 Sep, 1941   Oblt. Georg Lassen (Knights Cross) 15 Sep, 1941 - 5 May, 1942   Heinrich Hasenschar 6 May, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1942   Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross) 15 Nov, 1942 - 20 Aug, 1943   Oblt. Rudolf Zorn 21 Aug, 1943 - 2 Nov, 1943   Oblt. Eduard Aust 3 Nov, 1943 - 17 Apr, 1944   Oblt. Graf Ulrich-Philipp von und zu Arco-Zinneberg
Career	7 patrols	16 Nov, 1936 - 31 Aug, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 1 Jan, 1941  2. Flottille (front boat) 2 Jan, 1941 - 30 Jun, 1942  24. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1943  24. Flottille (training) 1 Sep, 1943 - 30 Nov, 1943  23. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1943 - 17 Apr, 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
Successes	11 ships sunk for a total of 62.765 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 22.500 tons
Fate	Used in the last months as range boat. Scuttled on 4 May, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay, wreck broken up in 1948.

See the 12 ships hit by U-29 - View the 7 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-29 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Rösing (12 Jun, 1940 - 15 Jun, 1940)
   Without name (20 Sep, 1940 - 22 Sep, 1940)

Attacks on this boat

General notes on this boat

U-29 (Kptlt. Schuhart) sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous (22,500 tons) on 17 Sept, 1939 while returning to port after its patrol. 518 men perished on the carrier. After this loss the Royal Navy withdraws fleet carriers from U-boat search. The entire crew of U-29 was decorated for this victory.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-29 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 ... see more Naval books

There was another U-29 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Oct, 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 1 Aug, 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 29 during WWI.