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| U-216 | Type VIID |
| Feldpost Number | M 47 679 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 748 |
| Ordered | 16th Feb 1940 |
| Keel laid | 1st Jan 1941 |
| Launched | 23rd Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 15th Dec 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 12.41 - 08.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.42 - 10.42 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 12.41 - 10.42 | OL Karl Otto Schultz
see also: U-34 |
| Operations information for U-216 | 29.08.1942 - 20.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-216 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Otto Schultz on 29th Aug 1942. U-216 was sunk on 20th Oct 1942.
Karl-Otto Schultz hit one ship on this patrol from convoy RB-1.-
On 25th Sep 1942 he sank the British 4,989 ton Boston, sailing with convoy RB-1.
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| Notes for U-216 |
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 | | Franz Meindl | | Courtesy Mathieu de Wolf | | 21 year old Franz Meindl was lost with his comrades of U-216 when they were sunk West of Ireland on their first patrol. |
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