U-101
Type VIIB
Laid down 31 Mar, 1939 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 11 Mar, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
Commanders 11 Mar, 1940 - 18 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
18 Nov, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1941 Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross)
1 Jan, 1942 - 3 Feb, 1942 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)
4 Feb, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 Friedrich Bothe
May, 1942 - 25 Oct, 1942 Ernst von Witzendorff
15 Sep, 1942 - 21 Oct, 1943 Oblt. Helmut Münster
Career 10 patrols 11 Mar, 1940 - 31 Mar, 1940 7. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1942 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Mar, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Sep, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1943 24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1943 - 21 Oct, 1943 23. Flottille (training)
Successes 22 ships sunk for a total of 112.618 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 tons
2 ships damaged for a total of 9.113 GRT
Fate Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.
Men lost from the boat
4 Jun, 1941
The boat lost a man, Matrosenobergefreiter Horst Jackl, overboard.
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