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Originally Posted by Cybermat47
So much for the 'Happy Times'. I take it the majority were sunk while travelling between their old German and new French bases?
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Most were sunk while on patrol. It was called the Happy Times looking back from the viewpoint of later losses, and in comparison to successes.
1939: 166 ships sunk, 9 boats lost.
1940: 564 ships sunk, 24 boats lost.
1941: 500 ships sunk, 35 boats lost.
1942: 1321 ships sunk, 86 boats lost (the Second Happy Times).
1943: 579 ships sunk, 239 boats lost.
1944: 246 ships sunk, 234 boats lost.
1945: 98 ships sunk, 132 boats lost.