These pages show the composition of a typical U-boat crew and the duties of all its members, together with the specialist instruction they received. The captain has the highest responsibility …

U-boat Commanders. Please see our new U-boat Commander listing section listing all U-boat commanders of WWII. Non-commanders. The following men were not commanders of U-boats …

A Type II U-boat comprised of 25 officers and seamen, while a Type VII housed approximately 45. A Type IX had about 50 and Type XXI had a 57 man crew. Sometimes U-boats carried …

This is a list of World War II U-boat commanders. Only sunk merchant ships are counted in the totals; warships and damaged ships are not. Submariners suffered the highest casualty rate in …

We only cover the crews that are relevant to the U-boat force of WWII. The officer cadets need four and half year to reach the first officer rank (Leutnant zur See). 14 U-boat commanders …

For a long time these crew lists were presented on www.ubootwaffe.net. In Arrangement with the owner of that website the lists are now presented in the HMA. They were made up with the …

U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] ⓘ, a shortening …

German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther Buchheim 's 1973 …

The crew of a U-boat is made up of specialists and seamen. Specialist crew, such as radioman, torpedomen and machineman were responsible for the operation and maintenance of …

Such a preliminary analysis of one of the war's elite corps, the German U-boat crews of Grossadmiral Karl Donitz, is the focus of this essay. The select quality of these men alone …