1. Shared credit with U-402 for 7,460-ton English freighter Empire Sunrise.
2. Sailed from Bergen to North Atlantic, but on 10/6 temporarily diverted with U-611 and U-625 to Narvik. The U-625 remained in the Arctic force, but U-262 and U-611 rejoined the Atlantic force on 11/11.
3. Shared one-third credit with U-438 and U-522 for British freighter Hartington.
4. The British troopship Warwick Castle, in convoy MKF 1, returning to England, November 14, 1942.
5. Inflicted severe damage on the modern American destroyer Hambleton, at anchor in Fédala, Morocco.
6. Includes the British “jeep” carrier Avenger.
7. Sank the 665-foot, 18,000-ton British troopship Ceramic, from which only one of 656 persons survived; sank the British destroyer-tender Hecla, and severely damaged the British destroyer Marne.
8. Including Norwegian corvette Montbretia.
9. British destroyer Firedrake.
10. Accidentally rammed and sunk by U-221.
11. Rammed and sank U-254 on 12/8/42 and damaged herself.
12. Bertelsmann fell ill.
13. Shot down a Sunderland of Canadian Squadron 422.
14. Shared one-third credit with U-123 and U-225 for 7,068-ton British Empire Shackleton.
15. Landed agent in area of Mauritania-Río de Oro, Spanish Sahara.
16. Administered coup de grace to ship damaged by U-202.
17. Shared one-half credit with U-614 for sinking the 9,272-ton British freighter Daghild, which had been damaged by U-402.
18. Laid minefield on 2/1/43 at the western mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar. Victims included the British corvette Weybourn.
19. Shared credit with U-603 for sinking 5,964-ton Norwegian freighter Stigstad.
20. Administered coup de grace to ship earlier damaged by U-638.
21. Detected and reported fast convoy Halifax 229.
22. Shared credit with U-92 for sinking 9,350-ton tanker N. T Nielson Alonso.
23. Shared credit with U-600 for sinking 4,391-ton Norwegian freighter Ingria.
24. Laid mines off Reykjavik, all of which failed. Thereafter served as provisional U-tanker for ten VIIs.
25. Shared credit with U-332 for 5,964-ton Norwegian freighter Stigstad.
26. Detected and reported fast convoy Halifax 229.
27. May have sunk 3,921-ton British freighter Guido.
28. British destroyer Harvester.
29. Control directed U-190, outbound from Kiel on her maiden patrol, to give all possible fuel to Wolfbauer in the XIV tanker U-463 and put into France. This enabled Wolfbauer to refuel many more VIIs.
30. Detected and reported Slow Convoy 122.
31. Shot down Halifax on 3/22, captured one aircrew.
32. Shot down a Wellington.
33. British four-stack destroyer Beverley.
34. To Training Command.
35. Laid minefield at Casablanca on 4/10/43. Sank the French freighter Rouennais.
36. Rammed by U-631 on 4/17. Retired to Training Command.
37. Shot down aircraft on April 5.
38. Laid minefield at Casablanca on 4/11/43. Damaged two freighters. Thereafter refueled around ten IXs in the Azores area.
39. To Training Command.
40. Shot down aircraft in Biscay on 5/17/43.
41. While homebound, badly damaged by a B-24 in the Bay of Biscay.
42. Laid mines in St. George’s Channel.
43. Laid unsuccessful minefield in North Channel on 5/4.
44. Shot down a Swordfish from Biter.
45. Collided with U-600 on 5/5 and both boats returned to France.
46. Collided with U-439 on 5/3, and both boats sank.
47. After one patrol in the Atlantic, transferred to the Arctic.
48. Was to mine Dakar but was hit by a Whitley in Biscay and aborted with damage and wounded skipper.
49. Probably shot down an American B-24 of Squadron 19 on 7/20.
50. Resailed under a new skipper and laid a minefield off Dakar on 6/6/43.
51. First “flak” boat. Shot down a Sunderland on 5/24 but aborted with battle damage.
52. Diverted to be provisional tankers, U-170, U-530, U-535, and U-536 gave all possible fuel to U-tanker U-488 or to other inbound and outbound attack boats.
53. Shot down a Wildcat fighter from Core.
54. U-373 was to mine Port Lyautey but was damaged by an aircraft and aborted.
55. Shot down the Sunderland that sank the U-boat.
56. The 1,190-ton Canadian destroyer St. Croix, sunk with one of the first T-5 Wren (Gnat) homing torpedoes used in combat.
57. Shared credit with U-238 for 7,176-ton Frederick Douglass.
58. Shot down airplane in Biscay.
59. Refueled and sailed from Norway with U-275 and U-422. Shared credit with U-645 for Frederick Douglass.
60. Polish destroyer Orkan.
61. British frigate Itchen.
62. Including the 925-ton British corvette Polyanthus.
63. British frigate Lagan.
64. Landed agent on Iceland on 9/25.
65. Shot down British Lancaster bomber.
66. Later collided with U-631 and aborted.
67. After severe damage by aircraft, grounded on the coast of Spain and scuttled.
68. Shot down a B-24 of Squadron 53.
69. Rammed and sunk by the American destroyer Borie, which also sank from collision damage.
70. Probably shot down the U.S. Navy B-24 that sank it.
71. Rescued twenty-one survivors of the German destroyer Z-27 and shot down a Sunderland.
72. Benker killed in air attack 1/2/44.
73. British destroyer Hurricane.
74. Rescued crew of scuttled U-284 and returned to France.
75. Incurred heavy sea damage and scuttled.
76. Shot down the Wellington that sank her, piloted by Leighton D. Richards.
77. Shot down attacking B-17.
78. Skipper Bork came down with appendicitis.
79. British frigate Tweed.
80. Scuttled after receiving severe damage from Allied aircraft; one crewman was killed, the rest rescued by U-714.
81. American destroyer Leary.
82. Shot down a British B-24 and a British Halifax in the Bay of Biscay.
83. She and a surface-ship escort shot down two Beaufighters.
84. Severely damaged in Biscay by two aircraft.
85. Sunk by a B-24 of U.S. Navy Squadron VB 103.
86. Age twenty-one, the youngest skipper yet in the Atlantic force.
87. Shot down a Leigh Light-equipped Wellington.
88. Rescued fifty-six-man crew of the scuttled U-545 on 2/11 and returned to France.
89. Shot down a British Mosquito.
90. British sloop Woodpecker.
91. British destroyer Warwick.
92. As an R&D experiment, U-986 was fitted with antiaircraft-rocket arrays around the conning tower.
93. British frigate Gould.
94. To Training Command.
95. Laid unproductive minefield off Casablanca on 3/31/44.
96. Including British LST 362,
97. American destroyer escort Leopold. Thereafter boat was ordered to the Mediterranean, but Allied forces turned her back.
98. Hit by six Allied aircraft, which killed four and severely wounded three men. German forces rescued the other crew.
99. Designated a “picket” boat, she was fitted with several radar detectors and search radars. She hit the American destroyer escort Donnell with a T-5. It was towed to harbor but was a complete loss.
100. Shot down a B-24 of British Squadron 120.
101. Shot down a Halifax of British Squadron 58 before being sunk by a Canadian Wellington of Squadron 407.
102. Hit by aircraft.
103. Sailed from Kiel to Norway. Hit in North Sea by aircraft, put into Bergen for extended repairs. Resailed in August.
104. American destroyer escort Fiske.
105. Rammed by a German vessel and decommissioned in Narvik.
106. British frigate Mourne.
107. Some sources credited U-988 with sinking three ships for 10,368 tons in late June, including the 925-ton British corvette Pink, and two British freighters. Alex Niestlé writes that it is likely U-988 was sunk on 6/30, a revision which supports that case.
108. The trawler Noreen Mary.
109. While testing a new bridge configuration, the boat made a weather patrol to the Atlantic that terminated in France by mistake.
110. The boat was decommissioned because of severe battle damage.
111. Seven snort boats sailed from Brest on D day, June 6. Authors often put this number at eight, but the eighth snort boat, U-212, sailed from La Pallice that day.
112. Put into Guernsey.
113. Put into Guernsey.
114. Shot down a B-24.
115. Shot down a B-24.
116. Damaged British frigate Blackwood, which sank under tow.
117. American LST 280.
118. Put into Guernsey.
119. Wrecked American Liberty ships Henry G. Blasdel, John A. Treutlen, and James A. Farrell. Damaged British frigate Goodson and American Liberty ship Edward M. House.
120. Planted minefield off Lands End on 7/1. A mine damaged the 7,200-ton British freighter Empire Halberd.
121. Planted minefield off Plymouth. No success.
122. Werner claimed he shot down an aircraft, perhaps a B-24.
123. From La Pallice and again on 6/12 and 6/22, then put into Brest.
124. Put into Brest.
125. Put into Brest.
126. Put into Brest.
127. Put into Brest.
128. Put into Brest.
129. Shot down a B-17 and a B-24.
130. Battle and mechanical damage forced her retirement in St. Nazaire on 8/19.
131. Shot down a British Sunderland.
132. Clemens apparently shot down the attacking B-24.
133. Hit a mine off Brest and was scrapped.
134. Sank British troopship (LSI) Prince Leopold, possibly damaged other ships.
135. Was to lay a minefield off Lands End, but lost beforehand.
136. Including the 925-ton Canadian corvette Regina, the 1,653-ton American LST 921, and the 246-ton American LCI 99.
137. Because of heavy battle damage the boat was retired in La Pallice.
138. Including the 925-ton Canadian corvette Alberni and the 850-ton British minesweeper Loyalty.
139. Laid minefield off Plymouth.
140. Including British corvette Hurst Castle.
141. Damaged American Navy supply ship Yukon.
142. Canadian frigate Chebogue, towed in but a total loss.
143. British frigate Whitaker, towed in but a total loss.
144. Includes 1,600-ton American LST 359 and the 335-ton Free French patrol craft L’Enjoue. In addition, Hechler severely damaged the American destroyer escort Fogg.
145. British “jeep” carrier Thane, severely damaged and not repaired during the war.
146. British frigate Bullen.
147. Includes the 7,177-ton British troopship (LSI) Empire Javelin.
148. Damaged 1,700-ton British destroyer Zephyr.
149. Includes the 11,509-ton British troopship Leopoldville and British frigates Capel and Affleck, the latter towed in but a total wreck.
150. Damaged British frigate Manners.
151. Sailed from Heligoland to the mouth of the Thames River and returned to Heligoland.
152. Put into St. Nazaire with a broken snorkel.
153. British corvette Vervain.
154. British ASW trawler Ellesmere.
155. Took ammo and other supplies to St. Nazaire.
156. Includes the 980-ton Canadian corvette Trentonian.
157. Sank Canadian minesweeper Guyeborough and took ammo and other supplies to St. Nazaire.
158. Hit a mine off Fastnet, southern Ireland, and scuttled. The crew got ashore in Ireland.
159. Canadian frigate Teme.
160. After snorkel repairs, sailed from St. Nazaire to resume patrol.
161. At the time, her loss was incorrectly credited to a B-24 of British Squadron 120 piloted by L. J. White. Franks (1995) writes that White probably attacked U-1003 for damage.
162. Hit a mine in Horten and sank before embarking on patrol.
163. Abandoned and captured but sank under tow.
164. Including 425-ton Norwegian minesweeper Nordhav II.
165. Norwegian minesweeper NYMS 382.
166. Returned from St. Nazaire to Norway.
167. Laid minefield in Firth of Clyde, sank British trawler Ethel Crawford.
168. Refueled in La Pallice for a patrol off Gibraltar.
169. Was to lay minefield at Dundee but sunk beforehand.
170. Was to lay minefield at Cherbourg but sunk beforehand.
171. Lost on return from St. Nazaire to Norway.
172. Embarked ammo and other supplies for St. Nazaire, but did not complete the mission.
173. Sunk by British submarine Tapir.
174. Ran aground off Peterhead, Scotland, and abandoned.
175. Made a second patrol from Heligoland, returned to Bergen.
176. British frigate Redmill, a total wreck.
177. Scuttled off the Portuguese coast; crew survived.
178. Three days after sailing, two British PT boats attacked, killing the skipper, Riekeberg, The engineer, Klaus Weber, returned the boat to Stavanger.
179. Was to lay minefield at Portland Bill but mission canceled. Later grounded on Portuguese coast and scuttled; crew survived.
180. Was to lay minefield at Hartlepool but mission canceled.
181. Recommissioned in St. Nazaire. Laid minefield at Les Sables l’Olonne.
182. Off the Firth of Forth, sank the last two freighters of the war: the 1,800-ton Norwegian Sneland and the 2,900-ton British Avondale Park.
183. Raised in 1993, barged to Liverpool for display.
