U-926

Type

VIIC

Ordered

25 Aug 1941

Laid down

1 Jul 1942

Neptun Werft AG, Rostock (werk 513)

Launched

28 Dec 1943

Commissioned

29 Feb 1944

Oblt. Eberhard von der Wenden

Commanders

29 Feb 1944	-	31 Jul 1944	Oblt. Eberhard von Wenden
1 Aug 1944	-	4 Feb 1945	Oblt. (R) Werner Roost
5 Feb 1945	-	9 May 1945	Oblt. Hellmut Rehren

Career
No patrols

29 Feb 1944	-	14 Mar 1945	4. Flottille (training)
15 Mar 1945	-	8 May 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Unseaworthy. Not transferred to UK. Taken over by Norway. Became the Norwegian submarine KNM Kya. Stricken 1962.

Final location

General notes on this boat

According to the captain's diary this boat never went to Scotland like many sources claim but was one of only 3 U-boats left in Bergen when over 30 boats were transferred to Scotland in late May and early June 1945. The others were U-324 and U-1202.

10 Jan 1949. U-926 was renamed KNM Kya, and served in the Royal Norwegian Navy until 1964.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-926 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.