U-846
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 21 Jul 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1052) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Feb 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 May 1943 | Oblt. Berthold Hashagen | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 May, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.04N, 09.20W, by depth charges from a Canadian Wellington aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 407/M). 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-846 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Rügen 3 (23 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Rügen 5 (28 Dec 1943 - 2 Jan 1944)
Rügen 4 (2 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
Attacks on this boat
2 May 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Halifax HR741 (58 Sqdn RAF/H, pilot F/O D.E. Taylor)
At 04.07 hours, the outbound boat was attacked by the Halifax in the Bay of Biscay. The aircraft was hit by AA fire after illuminating U-846 with three flares and crashed into the sea, killing all 8 crewmen. The attack and subsequent crash was witnessed by the British Liberator BZ873 (53 Sqdn RAF/S, pilot F/L E.B. LeMaistre). (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
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-846 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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