U-41
Type | IX | |||
| Ordered | 21 Nov, 1936 | |||
| Laid down | 27 Nov, 1937 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 946) | ||
| Launched | 28 Jan, 1939 | |||
| Commissioned | 22 Apr, 1939 | Oblt. Gustav-Adolf Mugler | ||
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| 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) | ||
| Successes | 5 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 attacks 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.
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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 |
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.