Events on this day
19 June
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 (2) | Laid down (3) | Launched (3) | Commissioned (4) |
| 1942: U-792, U-793 | 1940: U-205 1941: U-619, U-620 | 1943: U-316, U-394 1944: U-1109 | 1941: U-575 1943: U-745U-765U-1062 |
| 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-25 | Beduhn | Brumaire (d) | 7,638 |  fr | |||
| U-28 | Kuhnke |  | Adamandios Georgandis | 3,443 |  gr | ||
| U-32 | Jenisch | | Labud | 5,334 |  yu | ||
| U-48 | Rösing | Baron Loudoun | 3,164 |  br | HG-34F | ||
| U-48 | Rösing | | British Monarch | 5,661 | br | HG-34F | |
| U-48 | Rösing | | Tudor | 6,607 |  nw | HG-34F | |
| U-52 | Salman | The Monarch | 824 | br | |||
| U-52 | Salman | Ville de Namur | 7,463 |  be | |||
| 1942 | |||||||
| U-107 | Gelhaus | Cheerio | 35 |  am | |||
| U-159 | Witte | Ante Matkovic | 2,710 | yu | |||
| U-701 | Degen | | USS YP-389 | 170 | am | ||
| 1944 | |||||||
| U-181 | Freiwald | | Garoet | 7,118 |  nl | ||
| U-20 | Grafen | | Pestel´ | 1,850 |  sj | ||
| 52,017 | |||||||
| * 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
No U-boats were lost on this date, 19 June.
- 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, 19 June.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Hans Ey (1916), Lothar Martin (1916), Hermann Schrenk (1918).
The following men died on this day:
Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff (1984), Renko Tammen (1982).
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 19 June
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.
1941
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-48
From Gotenhafen: U-140
From Kiel, Germany: U-431, U-562, U-565, U-652
From Lorient, France: U-556 (lost 9 days later)
From St. Nazaire, France: U-96
1942
Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-754 (lost days later)
U-boats entering base:
To St. Nazaire, France: U-552 (11 days)
1943
Sailed:
From St. Nazaire, France: U-382
From Toulon, France: U-617
1944
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-771, U-804
From Brest, France: U-741
From Hatvik: U-1192
From Kiel, Germany: U-481
From Penang, Malaysia: U-1062
U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-1000 (16 days)
To Bordeaux, France: U-188 (171 days)
To Kristiansand U-1225 (3 days)
To St. Peter Port U-984 (8 days)
U-boats at sea on 19 June
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-25, U-28, U-29, U-30, U-32, U-38, U-43, U-46, U-47, U-48, U-51, U-52, U-61, U-62, U-65, U-99, U-101, U-122 (+), UA.
19 boats at sea.
1941
U-38, U-43, U-48, U-69, U-71, U-73, U-75, U-77, U-79, U-96, U-101, U-103, U-107, U-108, U-111, U-123, U-140, U-141, U-143, U-144, U-145, U-146, U-149, U-201, U-202, U-203, U-204, U-371, U-552, U-553, U-556 (+), U-557, U-558, U-559, U-561, U-562, U-564, U-651 (+), U-751, UA.
40 boats at sea.
1942
U-67, U-68, U-69, U-71, U-81, U-83, U-84, U-87, U-88, U-89, U-94, U-96, U-97, U-103, U-106, U-107, U-124, U-126, U-128, U-129, U-132, U-134, U-135, U-153 (+), U-154, U-156, U-158 (+), U-159, U-161, U-166 (+), U-171 (+), U-172, U-173, U-202, U-203, U-205, U-213, U-215 (+), U-251, U-332, U-334, U-355, U-372, U-373, U-376, U-402, U-404, U-406, U-408, U-431, U-432, U-437, U-453, U-459, U-460, U-502 (+), U-504, U-505, U-553, U-558, U-559, U-561, U-566, U-569, U-571, U-575, U-576 (+), U-578, U-584, U-590, U-594, U-653, U-657, U-701 (+), U-753, U-754 (+).
76 boats at sea.
1943
U-18, U-19, U-24, U-66, U-67 (+), U-73, U-81, U-84 (+), U-92, U-119 (+), U-126 (+), U-134 (+), U-135 (+), U-154, U-159 (+), U-170, U-172, U-177, U-178, U-180, U-181, U-185 (+), U-190, U-193, U-194 (+), U-195, U-196, U-197 (+), U-198, U-199 (+), U-200 (+), U-211, U-212, U-214, U-221, U-228, U-232 (+), U-251, U-257, U-271, U-302, U-306, U-333, U-336, U-338, U-341, U-358, U-380, U-382, U-388 (+), U-415, U-420, U-431, U-435 (+), U-449 (+), U-450, U-455, U-460, U-462, U-487 (+), U-488, U-508, U-510, U-511, U-513 (+), U-515, U-527 (+), U-530, U-535 (+), U-536, U-558 (+), U-565, U-571, U-572 (+), U-586, U-590 (+), U-592, U-593, U-596, U-600, U-603, U-608, U-615 (+), U-617, U-618, U-622, U-634 (+), U-641, U-642, U-645, U-650, U-653, U-666, U-667, U-669, U-732, U-758, U-759 (+), U-951 (+), U-953.
100 boats at sea.
1944
U-19, U-20, U-107, U-129, U-155, U-181, U-183, U-190, U-196, U-198 (+), U-214, U-218, U-233 (+), U-242, U-243 (+), U-247, U-269 (+), U-275, U-276, U-294, U-307, U-313, U-315, U-344, U-363, U-394, U-397, U-441 (+), U-480, U-516, U-530, U-534, U-537, U-539, U-541, U-543 (+), U-546, U-547, U-548, U-586, U-621, U-668, U-671, U-673, U-677, U-678 (+), U-711, U-719 (+), U-741, U-745, U-763, U-764, U-804, U-853, U-857, U-858, U-859 (+), U-861, U-862, U-952, U-958, U-971 (+), U-975, U-982, U-988 (+), U-992, U-997, U-999, U-1001, U-1007, U-1062, U-1165, U-1191 (+), U-1222 (+).
74 boats at sea.
1945
General Events on 19 June
1941
U-203 encountered the US battleship USS Texas and her destroyer screen on Neutrality Patrol about 800 miles (1,287km) SSE of Iceland. The U-boat followed the ship for over 20 hours and Mützelburg identified her clearly. He even tried to get into an attack position because the ships were moving eastwards into the declared blockade area around Britain, but never came into firing range, and stopped chasing them as they turned around.
1944
U-188 arrived at Bordeaux with a cargo of tin, wolfram, opium and quinine after leaving Penang, Sumatra on the 9th January. U-boat HQ had assumed U-188 was sunk because the boat's radio had failed and it had been unable to send messages since early May.
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