The list of German Type II submarines includes all Type II submarines (Unterseeboot or U-boat) built by Germany.
Type IIA
U 1 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 29 June 1935 Operations: 2 patrols Victories: None Fate: Sunk 6 April 1940 by a mine in the North Sea
U 2 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 25 July 1935 Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: None Fate: Sunk 8 April 1944 from collision with Helmi Söhle near Pillau in the Baltic Sea
U 3 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 6 September 1935 Operations: 5 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 2 merchant ships (total of ) Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944 and scrapped
U 4 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 17 August 1935 Operations: 4 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 3 merchant ships (total of ) and 1 warship (1,090 tons) Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944 and scrapped
U 5 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 31 August 1935 Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: None Fate: Sunk 19 March 1943 in diving accident near Pillau in the Baltic Sea
U 6 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 7 September 1935 Operations: 2 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: None Fate: Stricken 7 August 1944
Type IIB
U 7 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 11 March 1935 Commissioned: 18 July 1935 Operations: 6 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 2 ships totalling Fate: Sunk 18 February 1944 in diving accident near Pillau in the Baltic Sea
U 8 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 25 March 1935 Commissioned: 5 August 1935 Operations: 1 patrol, served with Unterseebootschulflottille, U-Abwehrschule and 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille Victories: None Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 9 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 8 April 1935 Commissioned: 21 August 1935 Operations: 19 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, and 30. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 7 merchant ships totaling and 1 warship (552 tons) plus 1 ship damaged totaling 412 tons Fate: Sunk 20 August 1944 by Soviet aircraft at Constanţa in the Black Sea, raised by the Soviets as TS-16
U 10 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 22 April 1935 Commissioned: 9 September 1935 Operations: 5 patrols, served with Unterseebootschulflottille, 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 2 ships totaling Fate: Stricken 1 August 1944
U 11 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 6 May 1935 Commissioned: 21 September 1935 Operations: Served with Unterseebootschulflottille, 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottillei> Victories: None Fate: Stricken 5 January 1945
U 12 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 20 May 1935 Commissioned: 30 September 1935 Operations: 2 patrols, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille Victories: None Fate: Sunk 8 October 1939 after a mine hit near Dover in the English Channel The wrecksite of U-12 is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act. U-12 was the vessel nominated by the German authorities to represent all U-boats sunk in British waters in the second world war.
U 13 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 20 June 1935 Commissioned: 30 November 1935 Operations: 9 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 9 ships totaling plus 3 ships damaged totaling Fate: Sunk 31 May 1940 by the Royal Navy sloop HMS Weston
U 14 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 6 July 1935 Commissioned: 18 January 1936 Operations: 6 patrols, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 9 ships totaling Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 15 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 24 September 1935 Commissioned: 7 March 1936 Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 3 ships () Fate: Sunk 30 January 1940 in collision with torpedo boat Iltis in the Hoofden
U 16 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 5 August 1935 Commissioned: 16 May 1936 Operations: 3 patrols, served with 3. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 2 ships () Fate: Sunk 25 October 1939 by the Royal Navy trawler HMS Cayton Wyke and patrol vessel HMS Puffin
U 17 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 1 July 1935 Commissioned: 3 December 1935 Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 3 ships () Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 18 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 10 July 1935 Commissioned: 4 January 1936 Operations: 14 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, UnterseeAusbildungsflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 3 ships () plus 2 damaged ( and 56 tons) Fate: Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa in the Black Sea
U 19 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 20 July 1935 Commissioned: 16 January 1936 Operations: 20 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 15 ships ( and 441 tons) Fate: Scuttled 11 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea
U 20 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 1 August 1935 Commissioned: 1 February 1936 Operations: 16 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 13 ships () and 9 tons plus 3 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 10 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea
U 21 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 4 March 1936 Commissioned: 3 August 1936 Operations: 7 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 6 ships () plus 1 damaged (11,500 tons) Fate: Interned by Norway 27 March to 9 April 1940, stricken 5 August 1944 and scrapped
U 22 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 4 March 1936 Commissioned: 20 August 1936 Operations: 7 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 3. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 9 ships () and 1,475 tons Fate: Went missing 27 March 1940 in the Skagerrak; probably struck a mine
U 23 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 11 April 1936 Commissioned: 24 September 1936 Operations: 16 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, and 30. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 12 ships () and 1,410 tons Fate: Scuttled 10 September 1944 near Turkey in the Black Sea
U 24 Builder: Germaniawerft at Kiel Laid down: 21 April 1936 Commissioned: 10 October 1936 Operations: 19 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, 21. Unterseebootflottille, 30. Unterseebootflottille, and 1. UnterseeAusbildungsflottille Victories: 7 ships () and 573 tons plus 1 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 25 August 1944 at Constanţa on the Black Sea
U 120 Builder: Flender Werke AG at Lübeck Laid down: 31 March 1938 Commissioned: 20 April 1940 Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 31. Unterseebootflottille, and Unterseebootschulflottille Victories: None Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Bremerhaven, raised 1950 and scrapped
U 121 Builder: Flender Werke AG at Lübeck Laid down: 16 April 1938 Commissioned: 28 May 1940 Operations: Served with 21. Unterseebootflottille, 24. Unterseebootflottille, 31. Unterseebootflottille, and Unterseebootschulflottille Victories: None Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Bremerhaven, raised 1950 and scrapped
Type IIC
U 56 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 21 September 1937 Commissioned: 26 November 1938 Operations: 12 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, 22. Unterseebootflottille, and 24. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 4 ships () Fate: Scuttled on 3 May 1945
U 57 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 14 September 1937 Commissioned: 29 December 1938 Operations: 11 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 13 ships () plus 2 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 3 May 1945 at Kiel
U 58 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 29 September 1937 Commissioned: 4 February 1939 Operations: 12 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 7 ships () Fate: Scuttled 3 May 1945 at Kiel
U 59 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 5 October 1937 Commissioned: 4 March 1939 Operations: 13 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, 19. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 20 ships () Fate: Stricken April 1945, scuttled and scrapped
U 60 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 1 October 1938 Commissioned: 22 July 1939 Operations: 9 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 3 ships () plus 1 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 61 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 1 October 1938 Commissioned: 12 August 1939 Operations: 10 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 5 ships () plus 1 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 62 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 2 January 1939 Commissioned: 21 December 1939 Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 5. Unterseebootflottille, and 21. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 2 ships ( and 1,350 tons) Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 63 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 2 January 1939 Commissioned: 18 January 1940 Operations: 1 patrol, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 1 ship () Fate: Sunk 25 February 1940 near the Shetland Islands in the North Sea by Royal Navy destroyers Escort, Inglefield, and Imogen, and the submarine Narwhal
Type IID
U 137 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 16 November 1939 Commissioned: 15 June 1940 Operations: 4 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille and 22. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 6 ships () plus 2 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
U 138 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 16 November 1939 Commissioned: 27 June 1940 Operations: 5 patrols, served with 1. Unterseebootflottille, 3. Unterseebootflottille, and 22. Unterseebootflottille Victories: 6 ships () plus 1 damaged () Fate: Scuttled 18 June 1941 near Cadiz, Spain in the Atlantic Ocean after being damaged by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Foxhound.
U 139 Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 20 November 1939 Commissioned: 24 July 1940