List of all U-boats
U-129
Type | IXC | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Jul 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 992) | |||||||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Feb 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 May 1941 | Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross) | |||||||||||||||
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| Career 10 patrols |
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| Successes | 29 ships sunk, total tonnage 143,748 GRT | ||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Decommissioned in August 1944 at Lorient and scuttled south-west of U-boat pen Keroman I on 18 August 1944. Wreck captured by US forces in May 1945 and handed over to France. Raised and broken up in 1946. | ||||||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-129 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Grönland (10 Aug 1941 - 25 Aug 1941)
Men lost from the boat
21 May 1943
During refueling by U-459 two men from the boat were washed overboard by a big wave. One of them was soon recovered, but the other remained missing. [Matrosengefreiter Hans Rüchel]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Westward Ho |
Lion on Shield |
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