Most effective WW II submarine force?

Re: The best WW2 submarine force ?

No wonder there were much more german subs then british ones. So the chance for a german sub to meet a british one was much less then for the british. There were more then 70 allied attacks on german subs by allied ones. The RN sank thirteen german subs with their own, but this number gets relativized if you consider that there were more then 1200 subs, which saw action.


4 Dec, 1939 U-36 * VIIA 40
20 Aug, 1940 U-51 * VIIB 43
25 Feb, 1940 U-63 IIC 1
28 Nov, 1941 U-95 VIIC 35
10 Aug, 1941 U-144 * IID 28
6 Oct, 1944 U-168 IXC/40 23
23 Apr, 1945 U-183 IXC/40 54
21 Jan, 1943 U-301 VIIC 45
21 May, 1943 U-303 VIIC 20
4 Jun, 1943 U-308 * VIIC 44
3 Aug, 1942 U-335 VIIC 43
12 Jan, 1942 U-374 VIIC 42
30 Mar, 1943 U-416 VIIC 36
12 Apr, 1945 U-486 * VIIC 48
9 Nov, 1944 U-537 * IXC/40 58
28 Aug, 1943 U-639 * VIIC 47
7 Apr, 1943 U-644 * VIIC 45
11 Nov, 1944 U-771 * VIIC 51
23 Sep, 1944 U-859 IXD2 47
9 Feb, 1945 U-864 * IXD2 73
19 Apr, 1944 U-974 VIIC 42
15 Jun, 1944 U-987 * VIIC 53

22 boats (1046 total crews, 918 dead - 128 survivors).


Regards,
Che.

 

Re: The best WW2 submarine force ?

Perfectly true. Even today, the cause of loss of a number of American and British submarines remains a mystery, and likely always will.