Events on this day
21 November
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Shipyard report
| Ordered (29) | Laid down (4) | Launched (4) | Commissioned (3) |
| 1936: U-41, U-42, U-43, U-44, U-45, U-46, U-47, U-48, U-49, U-50, U-51 1940: U-337, U-338, U-387, U-388, U-389, U-390, U-449, U-450, U-731, U-732, U-733, U-734, U-771, U-772, U-773, U-774, U-775, U-776 | 1939: U-551, U-553 1940: U-160 1942: U-370 | 1942: U-737, U-762, U-957, U-958 | 1939: U-55 1940: U-110 1944: U-2521 |
Ships hit on this date
| U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | |
| 1939 | ||||||
| U-16 [Mine] | Wellner |  Ste. Claire | 57 |  fr | ||
| U-21 [Mine] | Frauenheim |  HMS Belfast (35) (d) | 11.500 |  br | ||
| U-33 | Dresky | Sulby | 287 | br | ||
| U-33 | Dresky | William Humphries | 276 | br | ||
| U-41 | Mugler | Les Barges II | 296 | fr | ||
| 1940 | ||||||
| U-103 | Schütze | Daydawn | 4.768 | br | OB-244 | |
| U-103 | Schütze | Victoria | 6.085 |  gr | OB-244 | |
| 1942 | ||||||
| U-160 | Lassen | Bintang | 6.481 |  nl | ||
| U-163 | Engelmann | Empire Starling | 6.060 | br | ||
| U-518 | Wissmann | British Promise (d) | 8.443 | br | ON-145 | |
| U-518 | Wissmann | British Renown (d) | 6.997 | br | ON-145 | |
| U-518 | Wissmann | Empire Sailor | 6.140 | br | ON-145 | |
| 57.390 | ||||||
| * Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged | ||||||
Successes against aircraft
1943
U-648,(British Liberator aircraft, Squadron 53/A)
Around convoy SL-139.
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Men lost from U-boats
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Personnel Information
Ernst Hechler (1907), Christian Reich (1915).
The following men died on this day:
Günther Dangschat (1942), Johann-Egbert Gossler (1943), Werner-Karl Schulz (1960).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boats lost
1942: U-184 +, U-517
1943: U-538 +
106 men died when those 3 U-boats were lost on this date and 52 men survived.
Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.
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General Events on 21 November
1939
U-20 laid 9 mines off Yarmouth, resulting in two ships sunk later that year.1942
U-163 sank the Empire Starling and captured her skipper.1947
U-858 is scuttled by the US Navy near New England, USA after being used for torpedo trials.---
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