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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
Allied Warships
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Shipyards
Danziger Werft AG, Danzig
42 commissioned U-boats
| Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
| VIIC | U-401 - U-430 | 30 boats | 102 - 131 | 1939 - 1943 |
| VIIC | U-1161 - U-1162 | 2 boats | 133 - 134 | 1941 - 1943 |
| VIIC/41 | U-1163 - U-1172 | 10 boats | 135 - 144 | 1942 - 1944 |
The first U-boat launched by Danziger Werft AG in Danzig was the U-401 on 16 Dec, 1940, but the last U-boat launched was the U-1172 on 3 Dec, 1943. This refers to U-boats that were actually commissioned into the Kriegsmarine.
The last actual launch was U-1173 on 18 Dec, 1943. That boat was not commissioned however.
U-boats that had been laid down
The following boats were laid down but not finished by the yard:
U-1173, U-1174, U-1175, U-1176, U-1177, U-1178, U-1179
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
| Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
| VIIC/41 | U-1173 - U-1190 | 18 boats | 145 - 162 | 1942 | Construction halted on 18 Dec, 1943. Not finished. |
| VIIC/41 | U-1801 - U-1804 | 4 boats | 163 - 166 | 1943 | |
| VIIC/41 | U-1823 - U-1828 | 6 boats | 185 - 190 | 1943 | |
| VIIC/42 | U-1805 - U-1822 | 18 boats | 167 - 184 | 1944 |
Summary
Of those 46 contracts not finished by Danziger Werft AG in Danzig, 7 had been laid down and 4 of those had been launched before the war ended.