U-224

Builder:
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft A.G.
Kiel, Germany
Type:
VII-C
Class:
U-69
Ordered:
August 15, 1940
Launched:
May 7, 1942
Keel Laid:
July 15, 1941
Commissioned:
June 20, 1942
Fate:
Sunk Jan. 13, 1943 by HMCS Ville de Quebec K-242 (depth charges and ramming).


Commanders
From
To
Name
June 20, 1942
Jan. 13, 1943
Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Karl Kosbadt


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Oct. 28, 1942
Bic Island
Cargo
3,921
Canada
No survivors
Nov. 12, 1942
Buchanan
Cargo
5,614
Panama
(a)
     
   
Notes    
   
a:
Owned by the USSB, flagged in Panama.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 20, 2010