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| U-226 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 12 559 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 656 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 1st Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 18th Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1st Aug 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 08.42 - 12.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 01.43 - 11.43 | 6.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 08.42 - 08.43 | KL Rolf Borchers
see also: U-149 U-276 U-2515 |
| 08.43 - 11.43 | OL Albrecht Gänge |
| Operations information for U-226 | 31.12.1942 - 10.03.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-226 left Kiel under the command of Rolf Borchers on 31st Dec 1942 and arrived at return on 10th Mar 1943 after nearly ten weeks.
On 18th Jan 1943 in square AK 63, U-226 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-226 was not damaged by the attack.
| 10.04.1943 - 17.05.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 10th Apr 1943, U-226 left Lorient under the command of Rolf Borchers and after over five weeks arrived at return on 17th May 1943.
Rolf Borchers hit one ship on this patrol from convoy HX-233.-
On 18th Apr 1943 he sank the British 7,134 ton Fort Rampart, sailing with convoy HX-233.
You can find more about convoy HX-233 at the warsailors.com page on convoy HX-233.
| 28.09.1943 - 30.09.1943
Third Sailing
U-226 departed under Albrecht Gänge from St. Nazaire on 28th Sep 1943 and arrived at return on 30th Sep 1943 after two days.
| 05.10.1943 - 06.11.1943
Fourth Sailing
U-226 left Brest under the command of Albrecht Gänge on 5th Oct 1943 and after four and a half weeks arrived at return on 6th Nov 1943.
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