U-850
Type | IXD2 | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 17 Mar, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1056) | ||
| Launched | 7 Dec, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 17 Apr, 1943 | Korvkpt. Klaus Ewerth | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 17 Apr, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1943 - 20 Dec, 1943 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 20 Dec, 1943 in the mid-Atlantic west of Madeira, Portugal, in position 32.54N, 37.01W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from 5 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue. 66 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-850 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 |