List of all U-boats

U-854

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down21 Sep 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1060)
Launched5 Apr 1943
Commissioned19 Jul 1943Kptlt. Horst Weiher
Commanders
19 Jul 1943 - 4 Feb 1944  Kptlt. Horst Weiher
Career
No patrols
19 Jul 1943-4 Feb 1944  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk at 1157hrs on 4 Feb, 1944 in the Baltic Sea north of Swinemünde, in position 54.44N, 14.16E, by mines. 51 dead and 7 survivors.

Raised on 18 Nov 1968, final fate unknown.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-854 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.