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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-149Type IID
Feldpost NumberM 16 105
Construction YardDeutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number278
Ordered25th Sep 1939
Keel laid25th May 1940
Launched19th Oct 1940
Commissioned13th Nov 1940
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.40 - 12.401.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
01.41 - 05.4522.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen.Wilhelmshaven
Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
11.40 - 11.41OL Horst Höltring
see also: U-1084 U-604 
11.41 - 07.42KL Rolf Borchers
see also: U-226 U-276 U-2515 
08.42 - 05.44OL Adolf-Wilhelm Frhr von Hammerstein-Equord
05.44 - 05.45OL Helmut Plohr

Operations information for U-149
18.06.1941 - 11.07.1941
First Sailing - active patrol
U-149 left Gotenhafen under the command of Horst Höltring on 18th Jun 1941 and arrived back at Gotenhafen over three weeks later on 11th Jul 1941.
Horst Höltring hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 27th Jun 1941 he sank the Soviet 206 ton M-99.

Notes for U-149


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