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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

(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).

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U-boat Losses 1939-1945