List of all U-boats

U-923

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered6 Jun 1941
Laid down21 Feb 1942 Neptun Werft AG, Rostock (werk 510)
Launched7 Aug 1943
Commissioned4 Oct 1943Ltnt. Heinz Frömmer
Commanders
4 Oct 1943 - 9 Feb 1945  Oblt. Heinz Frömmer
Career
No patrols
4 Oct 1943-9 Feb 1945  23. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk on 9 February 1945 in the Baltic Sea in the Bay of Kiel, in position 54.31N, 10.18E, by an air-laid mine in the British field Forgetmenot. 48 dead (all hands lost).

Loss position

U-923 left Travemünde on 6 February 1945 for transfer passage to Kiel and was posted as missing when it failed to arrive on 9 February. The bodies of three crew members washed ashore on the Danish island of Aerø on 11 February. Its wreck was discovered during clearance work in 1952, partly raised in January 1953 and broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-923 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.


Fish

Media links


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel




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