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Type	IXC
Ordered	7 Aug 1939
Laid down	1 Jun 1940	AG Weser, Bremen (werk 989)
Launched	31 Dec 1940
Commissioned	22 Mar 1941	Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)
Commanders	22 Mar 1941 - 28 Feb 1943   Kptlt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross) 1 Mar 1943 - 3 Jul 1943   Oblt. Siegfried Kietz
Career	6 patrols	22 Mar 1941 - 1 Jul 1941  2. Flottille (training) 1 Jul 1941 - 3 Jul 1943  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes	24 ships sunk for a total of 111,564 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 450 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 5 ships damaged for a total of 37,501 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 14,173 GRT
Fate	Sunk 3 July, 1943 north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.02N, 11.23W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 172/R). 55 dead (all hands lost).

See the 32 ships hit by U-126 - View the 6 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

General notes on this boat

Check out our wonderful 33-photo gallery for U-126.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-126 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998. Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996. Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998. Schiff 16. Rogge, Bernhard, 1955. (transl.) U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998. U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998. ... see more Naval books

There was another U-126 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Jun 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 7 Oct 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 126 during WWI.