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21 February

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This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.

U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (3)	Launched (2)	Commissioned (5)
No U-boat orders on this date	1941: U-511 1942: U-490, U-923	1942: U-184 1945: U-4711	1942: U-210 U-441 U-515 U-516 1945: U-2539
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-50	Bauer	Tara	4,760	nl
	U-57	Korth	Loch Maddy (d)	4,996	br	HX-19
1942
	U-107	Gelhaus	Egda (d)	10,068	nw	ON-65
	U-161	Achilles	Circe Shell	8,207	br	ON-60
	U-432	Schultze	Azalea City	5,529	am
	U-67	Müller-Stöckheim	Kongsgaard	9,467	nw
1943
	U-332	Hüttemann	Stigstad (d)	5,964	nw	ON-166
	U-603	Bertelsmann	Stigstad	5,964	nw	ON-166
	U-664	Graef	H.H. Rogers	8,807	pa	ONS-167
	U-664	Graef	Rosario	4,659	am	ONS-167
	U-92	Oelrich	Empire Trader	9,990	br	ON-166
1944
	U-168	Pich	Fenris (d)	9,804	nw
1945
	U-1064	Schneidewind	Dettifoss	1,564	is	UR-155
				89,779
* 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

1940

U-19. A British escort depth-charged U-19 off Ronaldsay in the Orkney Isles, causing minor damage.

1941

U-552. The boat was attacked by an aircraft in the North Atlantic, suffering some damage.

1943

U-604. The target of the depth charge attack on 21 Feb. 1943 in the North Atlantic at 51. 25N, 27. 28W by Coast Guard cutter USS John C. Spencer, believed to have sunk U-225, was in fact U-604, which escaped unscathed. (1987-05-01, FDS/NHB)

U-91. While attacking a convoy the boat was hit by a "rain of aircraft bombs and depth charges from surface ships" and forced to give up the attack to repair damage. (Blair, vol 2, page 186)

1945

U-1064. Slight damage from depth-charging by the British escort HMS Fusilier.

U-boats lost

1943: U-623 +

46 men died when this U-boat was lost. 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, 21 February.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Richard Becker (1911), Hans Benker (1917), Horst-Tessen von Kameke (1916), Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke (1917).

The following men died on this day:
Richard Bernardelli (1986), Carl-Gabriel Graf von Gudenus (2012), Hermann Schröder (1943).

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 21 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

U-boats entering base:
To Helgoland, Germany: U-52 (2 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-124, UA
From Salamis, Greece: U-652

U-boats entering base:
To Kirkenes U-585 (28 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-172, U-515
From St. Nazaire, France: U-618

U-boats entering base:
To Narvik, Norway: U-302 (20 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-315
From Brest, France: U-621
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-9
From Narvik, Norway: U-739

U-boats entering base:
To St. Nazaire, France: U-267 (3 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-973 (3 days)

1945

Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-246 (lost 25 days later), U-953
From Trondheim, Norway: U-722 (lost 35 days later)

U-boats entering base:
To Kristiansand U-806 (115 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-992 (37 days)

U-boats at sea on 21 February

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

General Events on 21 February

1945

U-260 sailed from Kristiansand on her last patrol.

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