U-845

Type

IXC/40

Ordered

20 Jan 1941

Laid down

20 Jun 1942

AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1051)

Launched

18 Jan 1943

Commissioned

1 May 1943

Kptlt. Udo Behrens

Commanders

1 May 1943	-	9 Jul 1943	KrvKpt. Udo Behrens
3 Jul 1943	-	7 Oct 1943	Kptlt. Rudolf Hoffmann
8 Oct 1943	-	10 Mar 1944	KrvKpt. Werner Weber

Career
1 patrol

1 May 1943	-	31 Dec 1943	4. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1944	-	10 Mar 1944	10. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,039 GRT

Fate

Sunk on 10 March 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 48.20N, 20.33W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea. 10 dead and 45 survivors.

Loss position

See the 1 ships hit by U-845 - View the 1 war patrol

Attacks on this boat and other events

14 Feb 1944
One man died and another was wounded in an air attack in which a British B-24 Liberator (RAF Sqdn 10, pilot A. P. V. Cheater) dropped eight depth charges. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 559)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

14 Feb 1944
One man died and another was wounded in an air attack in which a British B-24 Liberator (RAF Sqdn 10, pilot A. P. V. Cheater) dropped eight depth charges.

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -