U-856
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 31 Oct 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1062) | ||
| Launched | 11 May 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 19 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 19 Aug 1943 - 29 Feb 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Mar 1944 - 7 Apr 1944 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 7 April, 1944 in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40.18N, 62.22W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. 27 dead and 28 survivors. | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-856 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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