Type | IXD2 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 Jan 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1054) | ||||||||
| Launched | 6 Oct 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Feb 1943 | Korvkpt. Wilhelm Rollmann (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,573 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 5 Nov, 1943 in the South Atlantic south-west of Ascension Island, in approximate position 10.09S, 18.00W, by depth charges from 3 Liberator and 2 Mitchell aircraft (VB-107 & US Army 1st Compron). 63 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
General notes on this boat
The boat was heading for the Indian Ocean to join the Monsoon wolfpack operating there.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-848 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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