Top-scoring U-boats of World War II
| Boat |
Type |
Commissioned |
Tonnage |
Ships |
Cruises |
Fate |
Captains |
| U-48 |
VIIB |
April 22 1939 |
320,429 |
54.5 |
12 |
Scuttled, May 3 1945 |
Herbert Schultze, Hans-Rudolf Rosing, Heinrich Bleichrodt |
| U-103 |
IXB |
April 18 1940 |
238,398 |
45 |
11 |
Decommissioned March 1944. Sunk by bombs in Kiel, 15 April 1945 |
Victor Schütze, Werner Winter |
| U-99 |
VIIB |
April 18 1940 |
238,327 |
35.5 |
8 |
Scuttled, March 17 1941 after depth charging by HMS Walker |
Otto Kretschmer |
| U-124 |
IXB |
June 11 1940 |
224,053 |
48 |
11 |
Lost with all hands, April 2 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1 after depth charging by HMS Stonecrop and HMS Black Swan. |
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, Johann Mohr |
| U-107 |
IXB |
October 8 1940 |
212,802 |
38 |
14 |
Lost with all hands August 18 1944 after depth charging by a RAF 201 Squadron Sunderland. |
Günter Hessler , Harald Gelhaus, Volker Simmermacher, Karl-Heinz Fritz |
| U-47 |
VIIB |
December 17 1938 |
211,393 |
32.5 |
10 |
Missing with all hands, March 7 1941. Cause unknown. |
Günther Prien |
| U-123 |
IXB |
May 30 1940 |
209,817 |
41.5 |
12 |
Decommissoned June 1944. Scuttled in port, August 19 1944. Refloated and taken into French service as Blaison.. |
Karl-Heinz Moehle , Reinhard Hardegen , Horst von Schroeter |
| U-68 |
IXC |
February 11 1941 |
198,022 |
33 |
10 |
Sunk April 10 1944, depth charges and rockets fired by Grumman Wildcats and Avengers of USS Guadalcanal. |
Karl-Friedrich Merten , Albert Lauzemis, Ekkehard Scherraus, Gerhard Seehausen, Albert Lauzemis |
| U-66 |
IXC |
March 20 1940 |
197,316 |
33 |
12 |
Sunk May 6 1944 by Grumman Wildcats and Avengers of USS Block Island, rammed by destroyer escort USS Buckley |
Richard Zapp , Friedrich Markworth, Paul Frerks, Gerhard Seehausen |