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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
Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg
33 commissioned U-boats
| Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
| VIIC | U-651 - U-683 | 33 boats | 800 - 832 | 1941 - 1944 |
The first U-boat launched by Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG in Hamburg was the U-651 on 21 Dec, 1940, but the last U-boat launched was the U-683 on 7 Mar, 1944. This refers to U-boats that were actually commissioned into the Kriegsmarine.
U-boats that had been laid down
The following boats were laid down but not finished by the yard:
U-684, U-685, U-686, U-687, U-688, U-689
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
| Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
| VIIC | U-684 - U-686 | 3 boats | 833 - 835 | 1941 | Launched in April, 1944. Never finished. Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in front of the Elbe II bunker in Hamburg. |
| VIIC/41 | U-687 - U-692 | 6 boats | 836 - 841 | 1942 | |
| VIIC/41 | U-693 - U-698 | 6 boats | 843 - 848 | 1942 | |
| VIIC/42 | U-699 - U-700 | 2 boats | 849 - 850 | 1942 | |
| VIIC/42 | U-2001 - U-2004 | 4 boats | 851 - 854 | 1942 |
Summary
Of those 21 contracts not finished by Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG in Hamburg, 6 had been laid down before the war ended.