Events on this day
11 February
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U-boat Shipyard report
| Ordered (0) | Laid down (7) | Launched (5) | Commissioned (4) |
| No U-boat orders on this date | 1935: U-1, U-2, U-3, U-4, U-5, U-6 1942: U-422 | 1941: U-80 1942: U-518 1943: U-969, U-970 1944: U-775 | 1939: U-40 1941: U-68 1943: U-962 1944: U-1301 |
| These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages. | |||
Allied Ships hit on this date
| U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | |||||||
| U-37 | Hartmann | Togimo | 290 |  br | |||
| U-50 | Bauer |  | Orania | 1,854 |  sw | ||
| U-53 | Grosse | | Imperial Transport (d) | 8,022 | br | ||
| U-53 | Grosse | | Snestad | 4,114 |  nw | ||
| U-9 | Lüth | Linda | 1,213 |  es | |||
| 1942 | |||||||
| U-136 | Zimmermann | | Heina | 4,028 | nw | SC-67 | |
| U-136 | Zimmermann | | HMCS Spikenard (K 198) | 925 |  ca | SC-67 | |
| U-564 | Suhren | | Victolite | 11,410 | ca | ||
| 1943 | |||||||
| U-516 | Wiebe | Helmspey | 4,764 | br | |||
| U-81 | Krieg | Al Kasbanah | 110 |  ag | |||
| U-81 | Krieg | Dolphin | 135 |  pl | |||
| U-81 | Krieg | Husni | 107 |  lb | |||
| U-81 | Krieg | Sabah el Kheir | 36 | ag | |||
| 1945 | |||||||
| U-1017 | Riecken | | Persier | 5,382 |  be | BTC-65 | |
| 42,390 | |||||||
| * Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII. | |||||||
Attacks on this day
No attacks found on this date.
U-boats lost
1944: U-283 +, U-424 +
1945: U-869 +
155 men died when those 3 U-boats were lost on this date. There were no survivors.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.
- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.
U-boat Men Lost or Wounded
There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 11 February.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Hans-Günther Brachmann (1904), Wolfgang Grandefeld (1917), Günter Leupold (1921), Hans-Heinz Linder (1913), Ralph Münnich (1916), Heinrich Mürl (1912), Joachim Seeger (1912), Georg Wallas (1905), Heinrich Wulff (1908).
The following men died on this day:
Günter Lüders (1944), Hellmut Neuerburg (1945), Günter Ney (1944).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boat departures and arrivals on 11 February
This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.
1940
Sailed:
From Helgoland, Germany: U-29
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-14, U-18
1942
Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-68, U-505
U-boats entering base:
To Hamburg, Germany: U-563 (5 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-402 (32 days)
1943
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-230, U-526 (lost 63 days later)
From Brest, France: U-91
From La Pallice: U-600
From Salamis, Greece: U-205 (lost 7 days later)
U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-625 (5 days)
To Brest, France: U-584 (44 days)
To La Pallice U-466 (31 days), U-572 (51 days)
1944
Sailed:
From Hammerfest, Norway: U-737
U-boats entering base:
To Trondheim, Norway: U-636 (4 days)
1945
Sailed:
From Horten, Norway: U-1278 (lost 7 days later)
From Kristiansand: U-879 (lost days later)
U-boats entering base:
To Horten, Norway: U-853 (6 days)
U-boats at sea on 11 February
Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.
1940
U-9, U-14, U-18, U-22, U-23, U-25, U-26, U-29, U-33 (+), U-37, U-48, U-50, U-53 (+), U-56, U-57.
15 boats at sea.
1941
U-37, U-48, U-52, U-69, U-73, U-93, U-94, U-96, U-101, U-103, U-107, U-123.
12 boats at sea.
1942
U-67, U-68, U-69, U-73, U-81, U-85, U-86, U-96, U-98, U-103, U-106, U-107, U-108, U-109, U-125, U-126, U-128, U-129, U-130, U-134, U-136, U-154, U-155, U-156, U-158, U-161, U-162, U-213, U-331, U-352, U-432, U-435, U-436, U-455, U-456, U-502, U-504, U-505, U-558, U-561, U-564, U-565, U-566, U-573, U-575, U-576, U-578, U-584, U-585, U-586, U-591, U-653, U-654, U-656 (+), U-751.
55 boats at sea.
1943
U-9, U-19, U-24, U-43, U-66, U-68, U-69 (+), U-71, U-81, U-87 (+), U-89, U-91, U-92, U-103, U-105, U-107, U-108, U-118, U-119, U-124, U-125, U-135, U-155, U-156 (+), U-160, U-175, U-176, U-180, U-182 (+), U-183, U-185, U-186, U-201 (+), U-202, U-205 (+), U-214, U-217, U-218, U-223, U-225 (+), U-226, U-228, U-230, U-257, U-258, U-262, U-264, U-266, U-267, U-268 (+), U-302, U-303, U-332, U-355, U-358, U-359, U-375, U-376, U-377, U-381, U-382, U-383, U-402, U-403, U-405, U-407, U-410, U-413, U-414, U-436, U-437, U-438, U-442 (+), U-445, U-448, U-453, U-454, U-456, U-458, U-459, U-460, U-465, U-468, U-504, U-506, U-509, U-510, U-511, U-514, U-516, U-518, U-521, U-522 (+), U-523, U-525, U-526 (+), U-527, U-529 (+), U-558, U-562 (+), U-566, U-569, U-571, U-575, U-590, U-593, U-594, U-596, U-600, U-602, U-603, U-604, U-606 (+), U-607, U-608, U-613, U-614, U-616, U-617, U-620 (+), U-621, U-622, U-623 (+), U-628, U-632, U-638, U-653, U-657, U-659, U-704, U-706, U-707, U-752, U-753, U-755, U-759, UD-3.
137 boats at sea.
1944
U-18, U-19, U-66 (+), U-91 (+), U-123, U-154, U-168, U-170, U-178, U-183, U-188, U-212, U-223, U-230, U-256, U-257 (+), U-260, U-262, U-264 (+), U-278, U-281, U-309, U-312, U-313, U-333, U-371, U-386 (+), U-390, U-406 (+), U-407, U-410, U-413, U-425, U-437, U-441, U-445, U-510, U-516, U-518, U-530, U-532, U-539, U-546, U-547, U-549, U-550 (+), U-552, U-586, U-603 (+), U-608, U-650, U-674, U-709 (+), U-713 (+), U-714, U-716, U-731, U-761 (+), U-764, U-802, U-845 (+), U-846, U-852 (+), U-953, U-957, U-963, U-967, U-969, U-973, U-984, U-985, U-986 (+), U-989, U-990, U-1060, U-1062, UIT-22 (+), UIT-24.
78 boats at sea.
1945
U-195, U-244, U-245, U-278, U-286, U-293, U-299, U-300 (+), U-307, U-309 (+), U-313, U-318, U-325, U-327 (+), U-370, U-399 (+), U-425 (+), U-427, U-475, U-480 (+), U-483, U-510, U-532, U-676 (+), U-683 (+), U-711, U-716, U-739, U-775, U-806, U-825, U-843, U-857 (+), U-861, U-862, U-866 (+), U-868, U-870, U-878, U-879 (+), U-907, U-927 (+), U-963, U-968, U-989 (+), U-992, U-995, U-1004, U-1017, U-1018 (+), U-1019, U-1058, U-1064, U-1104, U-1203, U-1208 (+), U-1230, U-1232, U-1233, U-1235, U-1276 (+), U-1278 (+), U-1302 (+), U-2322, U-2324, UIT-24.
66 boats at sea.
General Events on 11 February
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