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23 June

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U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (1)	Launched (1)	Commissioned (0)
No U-boat orders on this date	1941: U-519	1943: U-1223	No boats commissioned on this date
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1941
	U-144	Mittelstaedt	M-78	206	sj
1942
	U-128	Heyse	Andrea Brøvig	10,173	nw
	U-158	Rostin	Major General Henry Gibbins	5,766	am
	U-172	Emmermann	Resolute	35	co
	U-67	Müller-Stöckheim	Rawleigh Warner	3,664	am
	U-68	Merten	Arriaga	2,345	pa
	U-84	Uphoff	Torvanger	6,568	nw	HX-194
				28,757
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1940

U-99. The already damaged boat was returning from Bergen to Wilhelmshaven when bombed by aircraft twice this day, but only minor damage was caused. (Ritschel)

U-101. 04.08 hrs, off the Shetland Isles, inbound: an unidentified aircraft dropped three bombs on the boat, damaging the periscope. (Ritschel)

1943

U-650. A single 600 pound bomb dropped by a British B-24 Liberator bomber (86 Sqn RAF, pilot John Wright) caused severe damage, but U-650 managed to reach base at St Nazaire in France five days later. (Blair, vol 2, page 340)

1944

U-155. A Mosquito (248 Sqn RAF/P) attacked the boat. Two men were killed and seven wounded. The boat was close to port when attacked and reached Lorient the same day. [Matrosenobergefreiter Karl Lohmeier, Mechanikerobergefreiter Friedrich Feller]

U-boats lost

No U-boats were lost on this date, 23 June.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat Men Lost or Wounded

There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 23 June.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Joachim Berger (1913), Wolfgang Kaufmann (1912), Rolf Mützelburg (1913), Gero Zimmermann (1910).

The following men died on this day:
Walter Kaeding (1992).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 23 June

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1941

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-451
From Lorient, France: U-66
From St. Nazaire, France: U-98

U-boats entering base:
To Trondheim, Norway: U-565 (5 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-66
From Narvik, Norway: U-255
From Salamis, Greece: U-77

U-boats entering base:
To La Spezia, Italy: U-205 (13 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-94 (51 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Pola: U-453

U-boats entering base:
To Bordeaux, France: U-462 (7 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bogenbucht: U-965
From Hammerfest, Norway: U-956
From Narvik, Norway: U-347
From Skjomenfjord: U-387
From Skjomenford: U-365
From Tromsö, Norway: U-957
From Trondheim, Norway: U-636

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-294 (24 days), U-958 (21 days)
To Brest, France: U-621 (18 days), U-764 (18 days)
To Helsinki, Finland: U-481 (5 days)
To Lorient, France: U-155 (105 days)
To Stavanger, Norway: U-427 (4 days)

U-boats at sea on 23 June

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

1945

U-530, U-977.
2 boats at sea.

General Events on 23 June

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