German submarine U-221

German submarine U-221

U-Boat Infobox
type=VIIC
fieldpost number=
yard number=
order date=
keel=June 16, 1941
launch=March 14, 1942
commission=May 9, 1942
yard=Germaniawerft, Kiel
U_Boat Command
startdate=May, 1942
enddate=September, 1943
name=Oberlt. Hans-Hartwig Trojer
U_Boat Sink
type=Type of Ship Sunk
total=Number of Ships Sunk
tonnage=Gross Registered Tonnage
U_Boat Sink
type=Commercial Vessels
total=11
tonnage=65,589 GRT
U_Boat Sink
type=Military Vessels
total=None
tonnage=0

The U221 was a U-boat in the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on August 15, 1945 as a Type VIIc U-boat at the Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was commissioned into service on May 9 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant Hans-Hartwig Trojer.

She made a total of 5 war patrols in the Atlantic Ocean against Allied shipping. During these patrols U221 sank 11 ships for a total of 65,589 GRT and damaged one ship.

On September 29, 1943 U221 was attacked by a British Halifax of the southwestern Coast of Ireland. The Halifax was shot down, but U221 was sunk. All 50 crew members were killed.


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