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U-104

U-104 is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Type IXB classKriegsmarineInterwar period, World War IIVerified subject image
En kopia av runinskrift U-104 vid Eds kyrka i Upplands Väsby. Källa: eget foto, fotograf EnDumEn 13 maj 2009.
En kopia av runinskrift U-104 vid Eds kyrka i Upplands Väsby. Källa: eget foto, fotograf EnDumEn 13 maj 2009.Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0Image source
ClassType IXB class
NavyKriegsmarine
CountryGermany
Builder / shipyardDeschimag, Bremen
Laid down1939-11
Launched1940-05-25
Completed1940-08
Recorded statusSunk

What is known about this ship

U-104 is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Service history

Member of the WAR-CL-000196 roster; source-recorded final disposition: sunk after 28.11.1940.

Class context: Type IXB class

The Type IXB was an enlarged long-range German U-boat type optimized for distant patrols.

Later service and disposition

sunk after 28.11.1940.

This ship is recorded as a member of Type IXB class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. Type IXB oceangoing submarines (U64) (1939–1940) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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