U-41

Type

IX

 
Ordered21 Nov 1936
Laid down27 Nov 1937 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 946)
Launched28 Jan 1939
Commissioned22 Apr 1939Oblt. Gustav-Adolf Mugler
Commanders
22 Apr 1939 - 5 Feb 1940  Kptlt. Gustav-Adolf Mugler
Career
3 patrols
22 Apr 1939-31 Aug 1939  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep 1939-31 Dec 1939  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1940-5 Feb 1940  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes5 ships sunk for a total of 22,815 GRT
2 ships captured for a total of 2,073 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 8,096 GRT
Fate

Sunk 5 Feb, 1940 south of Ireland, in position 49.20N, 10.04W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Antelope. 49 dead (all hands lost).

See the 8 ships hit by U-41 - View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

16 Nov 1939
British escorts from convoy SL 7 hunted the boat with depth charges for 20 hours. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 119)

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-41 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.


There was another U-41 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Oct 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 1 Feb 1915. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 41 during WWI.