U-981
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 24 Aug, 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 181) | ||||
| Launched | 29 Apr, 1943 | |||||
| Commissioned | 3 Jun, 1943 | Oblt. Walter Sitek | ||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 3 Jun, 1943 - 30 Nov, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1943 - 12 Aug, 1944 6. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 12 Aug, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay at La Rochelle, in position 45.41N, 01.25W, by an air-laid mine (field "Cinnamon") and depth charges from a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn. 502/F). 12 dead and 40 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-981 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |