List of all U-boats

U-555

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down2 Jan 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 531)
Launched7 Dec 1940
Commissioned30 Jan 1941Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Horrer
Commanders
30 Jan 1941 - 25 Aug 1941  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Horrer
26 Aug 1941 - 4 Feb 1942  Kptlt. Götz von Hartmann
5 Feb 1942 - Aug, 1942   Horst Rendtel
Aug, 1942 - 4 Oct 1942  Ltn. Franz Saar
5 Oct 1942 - 30 Nov 1943  Oblt. Dieter Erdmann
1 Dec 1943 - Mar, 1945  Oblt. Detlev Fritz
Career
No patrols
30 Jan 1941-30 Nov 1942  24. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1942-1 Mar 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Stricken at Hamburg in March, 1945. Surrendered to Britain. Broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-555 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.