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 |
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| 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.
U-boat Emblems
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