Type | IXD2 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 18 Mar 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1057) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Jan 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 May 1943 | Korvkpt. Hannes Weingärtner | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Missing, presumed sunk, in the North Atlantic after 27 March or in April 1944. 70 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-851 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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