List of German Type II submarines

Type IIA

[German [submarine U-1 (1935)|''U 1'']]

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 February 1935
• Commissioned: 29 June 1935
• Operations: 2 patrols
• Victories: None
• Fate: Sunk 6 April 1940 by a mine in the North Sea

  ''U 2''">German submarine U-2 (1935)">''U 2''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 February 1935
• Commissioned: 25 July 1935
• Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Sunk 8 April 1944 from collision with Helmi Söhle near Pillau in the Baltic Sea

  ''U 3''">German submarine U-3 (1935)">''U 3''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 6 August 1935
• Commissioned: 29 June 1935
• Operations: 5 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 2 ships
• Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944 and scrapped

  ''U 4''">German submarine U-4 (1935)">''U 4''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 February 1935
• Commissioned: 17 August 1935
• Operations: 4 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 4 ships
• Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944 and scrapped

  ''U 5''">German submarine U-5 (1935)">''U 5''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 February 1935
• Commissioned: 31 August 1935
• Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Sunk 19 March 1943 in diving accident near Pillau in the Baltic Sea

  ''U 6''">German submarine U-6 (1935)">''U 6''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 February 1935
• Commissioned: 7 September 1935
• Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Stricken 7 August 1944

  Type IIB

''U 7''">German submarine U-7 (1935)">''U 7''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 March 1935
• Commissioned: 18 July 1935
• Operations: 6 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 2 ships totalling
• Fate: Sunk 18 February 1944 in diving accident near Pillau in the Baltic Sea

  ''U 8''">German submarine U-8 (1935)">''U 8''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 25 March 1935
• Commissioned: 5 August 1935
• Operations: 1 patrol, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 9''">German submarine U-9 (1935)">''U 9''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 8 April 1935
• Commissioned: 21 August 1935
• Operations: 19 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, and 30. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 8 ships totaling plus 1 ship damaged totaling 412 tons
• Fate: Sunk 20 August 1944 by Soviet aircraft at Constanţa in the Black Sea, raised by the Soviets as TS-16

  ''U 10''">German submarine U-10 (1935)">''U 10''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 22 April 1935
• Commissioned: 9 September 1935
• Operations: 5 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille, 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 2 ships totaling
• Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944

  ''U 11''">German submarine U-11 (1935)">''U 11''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 6 May 1935
• Commissioned: 21 September 1935
• Operations: Served with Unterseebootschulflottille, 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Stricken 5 January 1945

  ''U 12''">German submarine U-12 (1935)">''U 12''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 20 May 1935
• Commissioned: 30 September 1935
• Operations: 1 patrol, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Sunk 8 October 1939 after a mine hit near Dover in the English Channel

''U 13''">German submarine U-13 (1935)">''U 13''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 20 June 1935
• Commissioned: 30 November 1935
• Operations: 9 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 9 ships totaling plus 3 ships damaged totaling
• Fate: Sunk 31 May 1940 by the Royal Navy sloop HMS Weston

  ''U 14''">German submarine U-14 (1936)">''U 14''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 6 July 1935
• Commissioned: 18 January 1936
• Operations: 6 patrols, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 9 ships totaling
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 15''">German submarine U-15 (1936)">''U 15''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 24 September 1935
• Commissioned: 7 March 1936
• Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 3 ships
• Fate: Sunk 30 May 1940 in collision with torpedo boat Iltis at Hoofden

  ''U 16''">German submarine U-16 (1936)">''U 16''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 5 August 1935
• Commissioned: 16 May 1936
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 2 ships
• Fate: Sunk 25 October 1939 by the Royal Navy trawler HMS Cayton Wyke and patrol vessel HMS Puffin

  ''U 17''">German submarine U-17 (1935)">''U 17''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 1 July 1935
• Commissioned: 3 December 1935
• Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 3 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 18''">German submarine U-18 (1936)">''U 18''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 10 July 1935
• Commissioned: 4 January 1936
• Operations: 14 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 3 ships plus 2 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa in the Black Sea

  ''U 19''">German submarine U-19 (1936)">''U 19''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 20 July 1935
• Commissioned: 16 January 1936
• Operations: 20 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 15 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 10 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea

  ''U 20''">German submarine U-20 (1936)">''U 20''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 1 August 1935
• Commissioned: 1 February 1936
• Operations: 17 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 14 ships plus 2 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 10 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea

  ''U 21''">German submarine U-21 (1936)">''U 21''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 4 March 1936
• Commissioned: 3 August 1936
• Operations: 7 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 6 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Interned by Norway 27 March to 9 April 1940, stricken 5 August 1944 and scrapped

  ''U 22''">German submarine U-22 (1936)">''U 22''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 4 March 1936
• Commissioned: 20 August 1936
• Operations: 7 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 3. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 7 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Went missing 27 March 1940 in the Skagerrak

  ''U 23''">German submarine U-23 (1936)">''U 23''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 11 April 1936
• Commissioned: 24 September 1936
• Operations: 16 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 30. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 12 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 10 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea

  ''U 24''">German submarine U-24 (1936)">''U 24''

• Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel
• Laid down: 21 April 1936
• Commissioned: 10 October 1936
• Operations: 20 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille
• Victories: 7 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa on the Black Sea

  ''U 120''">German submarine U-120 (1940)">''U 120''

• Builder: Flender Werke AG at Lübeck
• Laid down: 31 March 1938
• Commissioned: 20 April 1940
• Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 31. Unterseebootflottille, and Unterseebootschulflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Bremerhaven, raised 1950 and scrapped

  ''U 121''">German submarine U-121 (1940)">''U 121''

• Builder: Flender Werke AG at Lübeck
• Laid down: 16 April 1938
• Commissioned: 28 May 1940
• Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 31. Unterseebootflottille, and Unterseebootschulflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Bremerhaven, raised 1950 and scrapped

  Type IIC

''U 56''">German submarine U-56 (1938)">''U 56''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 21 September 1937
• Commissioned: 26 November 1938
• Operations: 12 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 4 ships
• Fate: Sunk 28 April 1945 at Kiel by Royal Air Force bombers

  ''U 57''">German submarine U-57 (1938)">''U 57''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 14 September 1937
• Commissioned: 29 December 1938
• Operations: 11 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 13 ships plus 2 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 3 May 1945 at Kiel

  ''U 58''">German submarine U-58 (1939)">''U 58''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 29 September 1937
• Commissioned: 4 February 1939
• Operations: 12 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 7 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 3 May 1945 at Kiel

  ''U 59''">German submarine U-59 (1939)">''U 59''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 5 October 1937
• Commissioned: 4 March 1939
• Operations: 13 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 19 ships
• Fate: Stricken April 1945, scuttled and scrapped

  ''U 60''">German submarine U-60 (1939)">''U 60''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 1 October 1937
• Commissioned: 22 July 1939
• Operations: 9 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 3 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 61''">German submarine U-61 (1939)">''U 61''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 1 October 1937
• Commissioned: 12 August 1939
• Operations: 10 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 5 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 62''">German submarine U-62 (1939)">''U 62''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 2 January 1939
• Commissioned: 21 December 1939
• Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 2 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 63''">German submarine U-63 (1939)">''U 63''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 2 January 1939
• Commissioned: 18 January 1940
• Operations: 1 patrol, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 1 ship
• Fate: Sunk 25 February 1940 near the Shetland Islands in the North Sea by Royal Navy destroyers Escort, Inglefield, and Imogen, and the submarine Narwhal

  Type IID

''U 137''">German submarine U-137 (1940)">''U 137''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 16 November 1939
• Commissioned: 15 June 1940
• Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 6 ships plus 2 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 138''">German submarine U-138 (1940)">''U 138''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 16 November 1939
• Commissioned: 27 June 1940
• Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 6 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Sunk 18 June 1941 near Cadiz, Spain in the Atlantic Ocean by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound.

  ''U 139''">German submarine U-139 (1940)">''U 139''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 20 November 1939
• Commissioned: 24 July 1940
• Operations: Served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 140''">German submarine U-140 (1940)">''U 140''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 16 November 1939
• Commissioned: 7 August 1940
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 4 ships
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later scrapped

  ''U 141''">German submarine U-141 (1940)">''U 141''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 12 December 1939
• Commissioned: 21 August 1940
• Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 4 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later scrapped

  ''U 142''">German submarine U-142 (1940)">''U 142''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 12 December 1939
• Commissioned: 4 September 1940
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later scrapped

  ''U 143''">German submarine U-143 (1940)">''U 143''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 3 January 1940
• Commissioned: 18 September 1940
• Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 1 ship
• Fate: Surrendered to the Allies 30 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight, sunk 22 December 1945

  ''U 144''">German submarine U-144 (1940)">''U 144''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 10 January 1940
• Commissioned: 2 October 1940
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 1 ship
• Fate: Sunk 10 August 1941 near Hiiumaa in the Gulf of Finland by Soviet Navy submarine Щ-307

  ''U 145''">German submarine U-145 (1940)">''U 145''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 29 March 1940
• Commissioned: 16 October 1940
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Surrendered to the Allies 30 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight, sunk 22 December 1945

  ''U 146''">German submarine U-146 (1940)">''U 146''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 30 March 1940
• Commissioned: 30 October 1940
• Operations: 2 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 1 ship
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 147''">German submarine U-147 (1940)">''U 147''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 10 April 1940
• Commissioned: 11 December 1940
• Operations: 3 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 3 ships plus 1 damaged
• Fate: Sunk 2 June 1941 near Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean, by the Royal Navy destroyer and corvette Periwinkle

  ''U 148''">German submarine U-148 (1940)">''U 148''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 10 April 1940
• Commissioned: 28 December 1940
• Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later scrapped

  ''U 149''">German submarine U-149 (1940)">''U 149''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 25 May 1940
• Commissioned: 13 November 1940
• Operations: 1 patrol, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 22. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: 1 ship
• Fate: Surrendered to the Allies 30 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight, sunk 22 December 1945

  ''U 150''">German submarine U-150 (1940)">''U 150''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 25 May 1940
• Commissioned: 27 November 1940
• Operations: Served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Surrendered to the Allies May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 151''">German submarine U-151 (1940)">''U 151''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 6 July 1940
• Commissioned: 15 January 1941
• Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven

  ''U 152''">German submarine U-152 (1940)">''U 152''

• Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel
• Laid down: 6 July 1940
• Commissioned: 29 January 1941
• Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, and 31. Unterseebootflottille
• Victories: None
• Fate: Scuttled 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later scrapped