List of all U-boats

U-930

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered2 Apr 1942
Laid down20 Apr 1943 Neptun Werft AG, Rostock (werk 517)
Launched
Commissioned6 Dec 1944Oblt. Kurt Mohr
Commanders
6 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Kurt Mohr
Career
No patrols
6 Dec 1944-8 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

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

Transferred from to Loch Ryan 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 29 Dec, 1945 in position 55.20N, 07.35W by gunfire from the British destroyer HMS Onslow.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-930 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.