List of all U-boats
U-251
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 23 Sep 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 18 Oct 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 26 Jul 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 20 Sep 1941 | Kptlt. Heinrich Timm (Knights Cross) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career 10 patrols |
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Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 11,408 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 19 April 1945 in the Kattegat west of Halmstad, Sweden, in position 56.37N, 11.51E, by rockets and strafing from eight British and Norwegian Mosquito aircraft (235, 248 & 143 Sqn RAF). 39 dead and 4 survivors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss position |
This boat is a dive site
This boat was recently found and is now a regularly dived site. She lies at roughly 32 meter depth and has been dived onto since at least August 1993.
Her location is 57.37N, 11.51E or just southeast of the Danish island of Læsø and south of the Swedish city of Göteborg.
Depth: 100 feet (30 meters)Position (lat, long): 56.37, 11.51
See more U-boat dive sites.
Wolfpack operations
U-251 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Strauchritter (29 Apr 1942 - 5 May 1942)
Eisteufel (21 Jun 1942 - 12 Jul 1942)
Eisbär (27 Mar 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in April 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-251 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
The Polar Bear - 11th Flotilla |
Chimneysweeper with Torpedo |
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