U-Boot records and others

[Danelov]

Total number ships and tonnage sunk 2927 ships with 14.915.921 tons
Commander wih record sunk tonnage KptLt Otto Kretschmer(U-23, U-35, U-99)266.629 t(44 ships)
More succeful U-Boot U-48(VIIB) 318.111 tons ( 51 ships,1 warship,3 ship damaged)
Record one ship tonnage sunk U-32(VIIA) Passenger ship Empress of Britain(British 42.348 t)(*)
Record one ship tonnage sunk U-562(VIIC) Troop transport Strathallan(British 23.722 t)
One ship small tonnage sunk U-24(IIB) Landing Craft DB-36(Soviet 9 t)
Best month of enemy ships sunk Jun 1942 with 136 ships
Best month of tonnage enemy sunk Jun 1942 with 636.926 tons
Best month in number of U-Boots available Jan 1944 with 456 U-Boots
Best month in number of Frontboote May 1943 with 240 U-Boots in operations at sea
Worst month of enemy ships sunk April 1940 with 2 ships(Cargo Cedarbank and submarine HMS Thistle)
Worst month of tonnage enemy sunk Oct 1944 with 1659 tons
Worst month in U-boot losses May 1943 with 41 U-Boot losses
Worst year in U-Boot losses 1943 with 235 U-Boots
Worst day in U-Boot losses at port 30-03-45 with 6 U-boots(U-96,U-348,U-350,U-870,U-1167,U-2340)
Worst day in U-boot losses at sea 06-05-43 with 5 U-Boots(U-125,U-192,U-438,U-531,U-630)
Best U-boot in warship sunk tonnage U-99(VIIB)(KptLt O.Kretschmer)with 46.440 tons
Best U-Boot in one warship tonnage sunk U-331(VIIC)(ObLt V.Tiesenhausen)HMS Barham(31.100 t)
Best allied U-boot killer ship Sloop HMS Starling with 13 U-Boots destroyed
Best allied U-boot killer carrier (HK) US Navy CVE-9 Bogue with 12 U-Boots destroyed
Best US carrier antisubmarine squadron US Navy VC-9 with 9 U-Boots destroyed
More longuer U-Boot hunter and kill 38 hours for sink U-358(VIIC)(KptLt.Manke)
Max of U-Boots in one convoy attack 43 U-Boots in the attack of HX-229 and SC-122
Best score from U-Boots in convoy attack 20 ships in SC-7(79.592 tons)(16-10-40 -7 U-Boots)
Best score from U-Boots in convoy attack(tons) 102.311 tons(16 ships) in PQ-17(07-42)
U-Boot with more neutral ships sinks U-19(IIB) with 11 neutral ships sink(10-39 03-40)
Best U-boot in patrol time duration U-196(IXD2)(KrvKpt Kentrat)with 225 days at sea
Best U-Boot in patrol numbers U-552(VIIC)(KrvKpt Topp) 15 patrols
Best U-boot in patrol record ships sunk U-107(IXB)(KptLt G. Hessler)14 ships(03-41-07-41)
Best U-boot in patrol record tonnage sunk U-107(IXB)(KptLt G. Hessler)86.699 tons(03-41-07-41)
First allied ship sunk Passenger ship Athenia(British 13.581 t)by U-30(VIIA)(KptLt Lemp)03-09-39
Last allied ship sunk Merchant Sneland I(Norway 1791 t)by U-2336(XXIII)(KptLt Klusmeier)07-05-45
First Allied warship sunk Carrier Courageous by U-29(VIIA)(kptLt O.Schuhart) the 17-09-39
First Royal Navy warship sunk Carrier Courageous by U-29(VIIA)(kptLt O.Schuhart) the 17-09-39
First French warship sunk Submarine Doris by U-9(ObLt W.Luth) the 09-05-40
First US Navy warship sunk DD-245 Reuben James by U-552(VIIC)(KrvKpt Topp) the 31-10-41
First Soviet Navy warship sunk Submarine M-78 by U-144(IID)(KptLt Mittelstaedt)the 23-06-41
Last Allied warship sunk Trawler HMS Ebor Wyke by U-979(VIIC)(KptLt J.Meermeier)02-05-45
Last Royal Navy warship sunk Trawler HMS Ebor Wyke by U-979(VIIC)(KptLt J.Meermeier)02-05-45
Last US Navy warship sunk DE-136 Frederick C.Davis by U-546(IXC40(KptLt P.Just)the 24-04-45
Last Soviet Navy warship sunk DD Dejatelnyj by U-956(VIIC)(KptLt Mohs)the 16-01-45
Aircrafts destroyed by U-Boots in WWII 125
First U-Boot destroyed by the Allied U-39(IX)(KptLt Gerhard Gattes)14-09-39
Last U-Boot destroyed by the Allied U-320(VIIC)(ObLt H.Emmrich)08-05-45 by PBY 210 Sqd
First U-Boot destroyed by plane U-64(IXB)(KptLt G. W.Schulz)Norway-13-04-40 by Swordfish
First U-Boot destroyed by submarine U-36(VIIA)(KptLt K.Ewerth)04-12-39 sunk by HMS Salmon
First U-boot destroyed by Hedgehog U-581(VIIC)(KptLt W.Pfeifer)02-02-42 sunk by HMS Wescott
First U-boot destroyed by Fido U-657(VIIC)(KPtLt Göllnitz)17-05-43, torpedo by PBY
First U-Boot destroyed by the Royal Navy U-39(IX)(KptLt Gerhard Gattes)14-09-39
First U-Boot destroyed by the US Navy U-85(VIIB)(KptLt E.Greger)14-04-42 by the US DD Roper
First U-Boot destroyed by the Soviet Navy U-144(IID)(ObLt F.V.Hippel)10-08-41 by the SS Shch-307
First U-Boot destroyed by mines U-12(IIB)(KptLt D.V.D Ropp)08-10-39 in the English Channel
First U-boot captured U-570(VIIC)(KptLt Hans Joachim Rahmlow)27-08-41
First U-Boot equipped with Schnorkel U-264(VIIC)(KptLt Looks)Sunk 19-02-44 by HMS Starling
Most longuer patrol with Schnorkel U-978(VIIC)(KptLt Pulst) with 68 days submerged,Oct-Dec 1944
Most produce U-Boot type VIIC 568 U-Boots builded of this type
Most fast dive U-Boot type IIC IID 25 seconds
Most slow dive U-Boot type IX series 35 seconds XB series 40 seconds
Max depth U-Boot capacity 270m VIIC/42 280m Type XXI

(*) This ship was bombed and hit first by the Luftwaffe Kondor´s of KG40 the 26-10-40 and the 28-10-40
hit by two torpedos of U-32.

[Eichenlaub]

Nice round-up Danelow, where did you get it?

Kind regards,

Eichenlaub

[Danelov]

A investigation work in many books,magazines and other publications, Internet sites and a lot of patience.Sometimes the informations can be contradictory and we must check and compare, taking in count the dates of publication and the fonts,etc.

Regards

[Rose]

That would be cool if this were stickied, just as a reference guide.