U-38, definitely. Quite a nice skipper surname and sub emblem, would have been nice if I had it for real... :D :D :D

I like U-99, one of Otto Kretschmer's boats:

"Especially notable was the sinking of three British Armed Merchant Cruisers, Laurentic (18,724 tons), Patroclus (11,314 tons) and Forfar (16,402 tons) in November 1940 for a total of more than 46,000 tons. At that time Silent Otto became the "tonnage king" among U-boat men, never to be dethroned.

On his last patrol he was also very successful and attacked 10 ships. He was captured after scuttling U-99 at 0343hrs on 17 March, 1941 (Schepke was lost in the same battle) south-east of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W after depth charge damage inflicted by the British destroyer HMS Walker. Kretschmer managed to surface his badly damaged boat and save 40 out of his 43-man crew (his chief engineer died) before the boat sank again for the last time."

POW but still impressive. I also like his style, nightime up and close between the convoys wreaking havoc.

U-530, a type IXc. She carried her crew to Argentina at the end of the war, where many of them married local girls and settled down to live. A rare happy ending for a U-boat crew.

Unfortunatly im not historically articulate enough in the area of Uboats to have a favorite. My WWII sub intrest, somehow got sparked, and it focused on US subs in the pacific for the most part.

But if i could pick a US sub, it would have to be the USS Wahoo. (of course most everyon would say that :-j Most colorful historical submarine of any theater during WWII i can think of. Ranging from machinegunning survivors in the water for 2 hours, to messages to ComSubPac like, "Another runnning gun battle today, destroyer gunning, wahoo running".

Maybe the real U-96 because of the movie. Some glimpse of facts can be seen. It really did try to run through gibralter for example. Was in the war from 1940 through 45. A survivor despite being sunk in Wilhelmshaven in 1945 by US bombs.

For me it would be U-556. It was commanded by Herbert Wohlfarth. It had an ironic and sad career. For more info you can visit these sites:

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u556.htm

http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarc...ecialbond.html

Thank you fellow Kaleuns! Please keep 'em coming and keep in mind I am asking for your favorite GERMAN U-boats.

I take note of each one. :up: [/i]

AND on that most-successful mission he only used four torpedoes.

I didn't think of WWI! :88) Of course we should love Otto Weddigen's U-9, which sank the three British armoured cruisers Abokir, Cressy and Hogue in one sitting. He later died in U-29 when attempting to attack the British Home Fleet. His sub was spotted and rammed by HMS Dreadnought, making her the only battleship ever to sink a U-boat.

:) U-552, Erich Topps boat

I'm pretty sure he's joking.

Anyway, my favourite has to be U-267.

Apparently he was.Are you? U-267? ;)I think U-123 had some interesting missions :hmm:

U-123 sure had one interesting misson, see my SIG :D

Definitely not joking. U-267 was, in my opinion, the greatest U-boat of WW2. It did an average number of patrols (7) and managed to keep all of its crew alive and succeeded in killing absolutely no one. That is a great accomplishment in wartime - especially so for a weapon that is built to kill hundreds.

Definitely U-47, which in my opinion pulled off the most spectactular feat in all of WWII!

I would have to go with a British sub I heard about via the History Channel, it was one of the(ir) first and unfortunately durring testing succesfuly dived but never resurfaced. I believe it's name was Lucifer, as I remember a qoute about a crew member saying it was bad luck to name a ship after the devil.

Or if you want to reaaaalllllyyyyy go back I do believe the first subs were American made and used in the Civil War - along with the first armored warships. :rock:

U-47 for sure.... two words explain why : Scapa Flow. Brilliant commander. Although my favorite one that survived the war was U-48. Just the tonnage. I feel really sorry for the boats that survived their last patrol just to be sunk moored in port.