List of all U-boats
U-190
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 4 Nov 1940 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 7 Oct 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1036) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 8 Jun 1942 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 24 Sep 1942 | Kptlt. Max Wintermeyer | ||||||||||||
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Career 6 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,015 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 590 tons | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered on 14 May 1945 at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. Post war information (see more post-war boats): | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-190 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Neuland (4 Mar 1943 - 6 Mar 1943)
Ostmark (6 Mar 1943 - 11 Mar 1943)
Stürmer (11 Mar 1943 - 19 Mar 1943)
Without name (5 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
28 May 1943
The boat was bombed by an American B-24 Liberator (pilot J. M. Vivian) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, causing severe damage. The crew were able to effect repairs and continue the patrol. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 347)
23 Oct 1943
While escorting convoy GUS 18 the American destroyer USS Turner (DD-648) engaged a surfaced U-boat ahead of the convoy with gunfire and dropped depth charges as it dived. U-190 escaped almost unharmed. (Sources: http://www.ussturner.org/history648.php)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
Read about U-190's career, both in German and Canadian hands here.
The Crow's Nest Officers Club in St. John's, Newfoundland had a ceremony on 22 Oct. 1998 to celebrate the complete refurbishment of U-190's periscope, installed in the club since 1963. It had apparently finally succumbed to 35 years of "horrible weather" overlooking Water Street outside the club.
21 Oct 1947. U-190 was sunk by the Royal Canadian Navy on 21 October 1947 as a training exercise called "Operation Scuttled". The site chosen was the position off Halifax where she sank HMCS Esquimalt in 1945, the last Canadian vessel lost to enemy action in WW2.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
18 Oct 1943
A lookout suffered a broken arm in a storm off Vigo, Spain.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 3 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Star and Swastika |
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