List of all U-boats

U-874

Type

IXD2

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down17 Mar 1943 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1082)
Launched21 Dec 1943
Commissioned8 Apr 1944Oblt. Theodor Petersen
Commanders
8 Apr 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Theodor Petersen
Career
No patrols
8 Apr 1944-28 Feb 1945  4. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Horten, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Horten, Norway to Lisahally, N. Ireland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 31 Dec, 1945 in position 55.47N, 09.27W.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-874 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.