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 | 29 May, 1943 - 30 Nov, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1943 - 4 May, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| 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). | |||
Attacks on this boat
2 May, 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:British Halifax (Sqdn 58/H). A B-24 Liberator H from Sqdn 53 seemingly witnessed this action taking place shortly after 0100 hours.
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-846 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 |