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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-849Type IXD2
Feldpost NumberM 51 402
Construction YardDeutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen
Yard Number1055
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid20th Jan 1942
Launched31st Oct 1942
Commissioned11th Mar 1943
Baubelehrung6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.43 - 09.434.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.43 - 11.4312.U-Flottille, Bordeaux
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.43 - 11.43KL Heinz-Otto Schultze
see also: U-4 U-141 U-432 

Operations information for U-849
02.10.1943 - 25.11.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-849 left Kiel under the command of Heinz-Otto Schultze on 2nd Oct 1943. The boat was declared missing after 25th Nov 1943.

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