This is the order of battle during the battles around Convoy ONS 5 from 29 April to 6 May 1943.
U-boat [2] | Type [3] | Patrol [4] | Sailed from [4] | Gruppe Specht [4] | Gruppe Amsel [4] | Gruppe Star [5] | Gruppe Amsel I [6] | Gruppe Amsel II [7] | Gruppe Fink [2] | Notes |
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U-107 | IXB | 9th | Lorient 24 April | 3 May | attacked by convoy escort 6 May; returned to Lorient 26 May [8] | |||||
U-125 | IXC | 7th | Lorient 13 April | 19 April | 4 May | torpedoed one ship 4 May; sunk by convoy escort 6 May [9] | ||||
U-168 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 9 March | 19 April | 4 May | Shadowed convoy 5 May; returned to Lorient 18 May [10] | ||||
U-192 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 13 April | 27 April | 4 May | Sunk by convoy escort 6 May [11] | ||||
U-209 | VIIC | 7th | Kiel 6 April | 27 April | 4 May | Damaged by bomber 18:00 4 May; sank about 7 May [12] | ||||
U-223 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 15 April | 22 April | 3 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned Saint-Nazaire 24 May [13] | ||||
U-226 | VIIC | 2nd | Lorient 10 April | 19 April | 4 May | Lightly damaged by convoy escort; returned to Saint-Nazaire 17 May [14] | ||||
U-231 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 13 April | 27 April | 4 May | Attacked by convoy escort 5 May; returned to La Pallice 31 May [13] | ||||
U-258 | VIIC | 4th | La Pallice 1 April | 27 April | 4 May | Torpedoed one ship 07:30 29 April; sunk by bomber 20 May [15] [4] | ||||
U-260 | VIIC | 3rd | Saint-Nazaire 12 March | 19 April | 4 May | Attacked by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Saint-Nazaire 22 May [16] | ||||
U-264 | VIIC | 3rd | Saint-Nazaire 8 April | 19 April | 4 May | Torpedoed three ships on 5 May; returned to Lorient 1 June [17] | ||||
U-266 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 14 April | 22 April | 3 May | Torpedoed three ships and lightly damaged by convoy escort 5 May; sunk by bomber 15 May [18] | ||||
U-267 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 23 March | Damaged by convoy escort; returned to Saint-Nazaire 21 May [19] | ||||||
U-270 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 23 March | 19 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Saint-Nazaire 15 May [20] | ||||
U-358 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 11 April | 19 April | 4 May | Torpedoed two ships on 5 May, damaged by convoy escort; returned Saint-Nazaire 15 May [21] | ||||
U-377 | VIIC | 9th | Brest 15 April | 22 April | 3 May | Returned to Brest 7 June | ||||
U-378 | VIIC | 7th | Trondheim 12 April | 27 April | 4 May | Shadowed convoy 28 April and 5 May; returned to La Pallice 4 June [10] | ||||
U-381 | VIIC | 3rd | Saint-Nazaire 31 March | 27 April | 4 May | Shadowed convoy 30 April; sunk 21 May | ||||
U-383 | VIIC | 3rd | Brest 17 April | 22 April | 3 May | Returned to Brest 25 May | ||||
U-386 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 15 April | 27 April | Damaged by convoy escorts 28/29 April; returned to Saint-Nazaire 11 May [22] | |||||
U-402 | VIIC | 7th | La Pallice 22 April | 3 May | Returned to La Pallice 26 May | |||||
U-413 | VIIC | 3rd | Brest 30 March | 27 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Brest 13 June [23] | ||||
U-438 | VIIC | 4th | Brest 31 March | 19 April | 4 May | Damaged by bomber 2045 4 May; sunk by Support Group 1 on 6 May [24] | ||||
U-504 | IXC | 6th | Lorient 21 April | 3 May | returned to Bordeaux 29 May | |||||
U-514 | IXC | 3rd | Lorient 15 April | 19 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Lorient 22 May [25] | ||||
U-528 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 15 April | 27 April | Damaged by convoy escorts 28/29 April; sunk by bomber 11 May [22] | |||||
U-531 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 13 April | 27 April | 4 May | Sunk by convoy escort 5 May [26] | ||||
U-532 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 25 March | 27 April | Damaged by convoy escorts 29 April; returned to Lorient 15 May [27] | |||||
U-533 | IXC40 | 1st | Kiel 15 April | 27 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 6 May; returned Lorient 24 May [28] | ||||
U-552 | VIIC | 12th | Saint-Nazaire 4 April | 27 April | 4 May | Returned to Saint-Nazaire 13 June | ||||
U-575 | VIIC | 8th | Saint-Nazaire 22 April | 3 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Saint-Nazaire 11 June [29] | |||||
U-584 | VIIC | 9th | Brest 23 March | 19 April | 4 May | Torpedoed one ship 5 May; returned to Brest 24 May [21] | ||||
U-614 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 12 April | 19 April | 4 May | Returned to Saint-Nazaire 24 May | ||||
U-621 | VIIC | 4th | Brest 22 April | 3 May | Attacked by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Brest 3 June [13] | |||||
U-628 | VIIC | 3rd | Brest 8 April | 19 April | 4 May | Torpedoed two ships on 5 May; returned to Brest 19 May | ||||
U-630 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 18 March | 19 April | 4 May | Sunk by convoy escort 6 May [30] | ||||
U-634 | VIIC | 2nd | Lorient 15 April | 22 April | 3 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Brest 23 May [13] | ||||
U-638 | VIIC | 2nd | La Pallice 20 April | 3 May | Torpedoed one ship and sunk by convoy escort 5 May [31] | |||||
U-648 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 3 April | 27 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Brest 19 May [19] | ||||
U-650 | VIIC | 1st | Bergen 10 April | 27 April | 4 May | Found convoy 09:00 28 April; launched torpedoes 28 April; damaged by 1st Support Group 6 May; returned to Saint-Nazaire 28 June [32] | ||||
U-662 | VIIC | 3rd | Saint-Nazaire 23 March | 19 April | 4 May | Attacked by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Saint-Nazaire 19 May [33] | ||||
U-707 | VIIC | 2nd | Saint-Nazaire 12 April | 19 April | 4 May | Torpedoed one ship 5 May and damaged by convoy escort; returned to Bordeaux 31 May [34] | ||||
U-710 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 15 April | Sunk by bomber 17:30, 24 April [35] | ||||||
U-732 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 8 April | 19 April | 4 May | Damaged by convoy escort 5 May; returned to Brest 15 May [33] | ||||
U-952 | VIIC | 1st | Bergen 22 April | returned to Bordeaux 31 May | ||||||
U-954 | VIIC | 1st | Kiel 8 April | 27 April | 4 May | Attacked by convoy escort 6 May;sunk 19 May while attacking convoy SC 130 [4] [36] |