Chart of U-boat losses 1939-1945
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
| 1939 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1940 | 1 | 6 | 2 (1) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | 24 | |
| 1941 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 1942 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 (2) | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 86 |
| 1943 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 17 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 237 |
| 1944 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 23 (3) | 32 (4) | 22 (5) | 13 (6) | 5 | 14 | 238 |
| 1945 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 41 | 29 | 123 | |||||||
| Total U-boats lost | 751 | ||||||||||||
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(1)
U-31 was sunk twice in 1940, March 11 and November 2.
(2) Including U-573 which was interned in Spain after air attack. (3) Including U-1164 and U-872 destroyed during air raids. (4) Including 7 boats scuttled at their bases after to prevent capture. (5) Including 3 boats scuttled in the Black Sea near Turkey. (6) Including 2 boats sunk and 2 heavily damaged in an air attack on Bergen, Norway These figures count all U-boats "lost" to the Kriegsmarine. That includes air attacks in harbours, training accidents, accidents at sea and 2 boats interned in neutral countries. In short, any event which cost the German Navy a U-boat for good (i.e. the boat was not re-floated and re-commissioned to fight again). Note This file is not written in stone, it might change slightly in the future. |