Shipyards
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
224 commissioned U-boats
Type | Boats | Werk | Built during | |
VIIC | U-551 - U-650 | 100 boats | 527- 626 | 1939 |
VIIC | U-951 - U-994 | 44 boats | 151- 194 | 1941 |
VIIC/41 | U-995 | 195 | 1941 | |
VIIC/41 | U-997 - U-1010 | 14 boats | 197- 210 | 1941 |
VIIC/41 | U-1013 - U-1025 | 13 boats | 213- 225 | 1942 |
XVIIA | U-792 - U-793 | 2 boats | 455- 456 | 1942 |
XVIIB | U-1405 - U-1407 | 3 boats | 255- 257 | 1943 |
XXI | U-2501 - U-2531 | 31 boats | 2501- 2531 | 1943 |
XXI | U-2533 - U-2536 | 4 boats | 2533- 2536 | 1943 |
XXI | U-2538 - U-2546 | 9 boats | 2538- 2546 | 1943 |
XXI | U-2548 | 2548 | 1943 | |
XXI | U-2551 - U-2552 | 2 boats | 2551- 2552 | 1943 |
The first U-boat launched by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg was the U-551 on 14 Sep 1940, but the last U-boat launched was the U-2551 on 31 Mar 1945. This refers to U-boats that were actually commissioned into the Kriegsmarine.
U-boats that had been laid down
The following boats were laid down but not finished by the yard:
U-996, U-1011, U-1012, U-1026, U-1027, U-1028, U-1029
, U-1030, U-1031, U-1032, U-1408, U-1409, U-1410, U-2532
, U-2537, U-2547, U-2549, U-2550, U-2553, U-2554, U-2555
, U-2556, U-2557, U-2558, U-2559, U-2560, U-2561, U-2562
, U-2563, U-2564
U-boat ordered but not laid down by this yard
Type | Boats | Werk | Ordered | Notes | |
VIIC/41 | U-1033 - U-1050 | 18 boats | 233- 250 | 1942 | |
VIIC/41 | U-1401 - U-1404 | 4 boats | 251- 254 | 1943 | |
VIIC/41 | U-1417 - U-1422 | 6 boats | 267- 272 | 1943 | |
VIIC/41 | U-1435 - U-1439 | 5 boats | 285- 289 | 1943 | |
VIIC/42 | U-1423 - U-1434 | 12 boats | 273- 284 | 1943 | |
VIIC/42 | U-1440 - U-1463 | 24 boats | 290- 313 | 1943 | |
XVIIB | U-1411 - U-1416 | 6 boats | 261- 266 | 1943 | |
XXI | U-2565 - U-2762 | 198 boats | 2565- 2762 | 1943 | Sections partially completed, keels not laid down. |
XXVIW | U-4501 - U-4600 | 100 boats | 4501- 4600 | 1944 | No keels laid, only prefabricated sections in development. |