List of Operation Deadlight U-boats explained

116 U-boats were scuttled or otherwise sunk in 1945 and 1946 in Operation Deadlight. They had been surrendered by the Kriegsmarine to allied forces at the end of the Second World War. They were sunk by a variety of air attacks, torpedoes and naval gunfire in locations off the Irish and Scottish coasts, while a number sank while under tow.^[1]

Table of Operation Deadlight U-boats

Boat^[2]	Type	Surrender Date	Surrender location	Date of sinking	Location	Departure point	Method of Destruction	Remarks
	IID	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	22 December 1945	55.58N 09.35W		Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by
	IID	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	22 December 1945	55.47N 09.56W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by HMS Onslow
	IID	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	21 December 1945	55.40N 08.00W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by
	IID	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	21 December 1945	56.04N 09.35W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire		and HMS Powey
	IXC	5 May 1945	Baring Bay, near Fredericia, Denmark	21 December 1945	55.35N 07.39W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by
	IXC/40	9 May 1945	Horten Naval Base, Norway	30 November 1945	55.44N 07.53W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught and ORP Piorun
	VIID	12 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	4 December 1945	55.28N 07.18W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
		14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	14 May 1945	55.46N 08.32W	Loch Eriboll	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by ORP Piorun
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	7 December 1945	55.25N 06.19W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC	10 May 1945		13 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan		Sunk by submarine
	VIIC	17 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	13 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Eriboll	Rockets from British aircraft
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	31 December 1945	55.44N 08.21W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Błyskawica
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Kristiansand–Süd, Norway	30 November 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC	5 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	20 December 1945	55.50N 09.08W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught
	VIIC/41	11 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	13 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	31 December 1945	55.44N 08.40W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	and
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	17 December 1945	56.14N 10.37W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	ORP Błyskawica
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	29 November 1945	55.35N 07.45W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	4 December 1945	55.38N 07.54W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and HMS Cubitt
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	29 November 1945	55.35N 07.54W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	27 December 1945	55.40N 08.24W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	21 December 1945	55.47N 08.30W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	ORP Piorun
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	30 November 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Aircraft	Fleet Air Arm
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	31 December 1945	55.45N 08.18W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught and ORP Błyskawica
	VIIC	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	17 December 1945	56.14N 10.37W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Kristiansand, Norway	30 November 1945	55.31N 07.27W
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	21 December 1945	56.04N 09.35W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	30 November 1945	56.11N 10.00W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	30 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	VIIC	12 May 1945		8 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	IXC	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	2 January 1946	56.06N 09.00W	Lisahally
	IXC/40	13 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	9 December 1945	56.08N 10.07W	Loch Ryan	Torpedo	Sunk by submarine HMS Tantivy
	IXC/40	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	4 December 1945	55.38N 07.57W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	IXC/40	12 May 1945	Gibraltar	5 January 1946	55.38N 07.35W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by HMS Onslaught and HMS Zealous
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	21 December 1945	55.35N 07.46W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	31 December 1945	56.03N 09.24W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by HMS Onslaught
	VIIC	5 May 1945	Baring Bay, near Fredericia, Denmark	28 December 1945	55.24N 06.29W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	11 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Air attack
	VIIC	5 May 1945	Heligoland, Germany	21 December 1945	56.04N 09.35W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	13 May 1945	Emden, Germany	16 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Air attack
	VIIC	8 September 1943	Vigo, Spain	13 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Ferrol, Spain		This boat had been interned in Spain
	VIIC	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	2 February 1946	56.06N 09.00W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	ORP Piorun
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	8 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	8 December 1945	55.40N 08.25W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	16 May 1945	Portland, UK	3 December 1945	55.08N 05.30W	Portland, UK		Foundered and sank
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	4 December 1945	55.32N 07.70W	Loch Ryan		Foundered and sank
	VIIC	5 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	17 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and HMS Cubitt
	IXC/40	11 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	31 December 1945	55.30N 08.25W	Lisahally		Foundered in tow
	IXC/40	6 May 1945	Aarhus, Denmark	21 December 1945	55.44N 8.18W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	ORP Błyskawica
	VIIC	13 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	3 January 1946	55.31N 07.30W	Lisahally	Unknown causes
	VIIC	11 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	1 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
		9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	31 December 1945	55.25N 07.15W	Lisahally
	IXC/40	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	30 November 1945	55.48N 08.33W	Loch Ryan
	IXD2	9 May 1945	Horten, Norway	31 December 1945	55.74N 09.27W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Offa
	IXD2	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	31 December 1945	55.41N 08.28W	Lisahally
	IXD/42	5 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	31 December 1945	55.44N 08.40W	Lisahally
	VIIC	15 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	5 January 1946	55.50N 8.30W	Lisahally	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	7 December 1945	55.17N 05.59W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	16 December 1945	56.06N 10.05W	Lisahally
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	29 December 1945	55.20N 07.35W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow
	VIIC	13 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	17 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	29 November 1945	55.24N 06.22W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Horten, Norway	10 February 1946	55.42N 09.01W	Lisahally
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	11 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	11 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Torpedo	Sunk by submarine HMS Tantivy
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	16 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	5 December 1945	55.50N 08.30W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	13 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Air attack
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	13 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Lisahally	Unknown causes
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	1 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	14 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	5 December 1945	55.33N 08.27W	Loch Ryan		Foundered in tow
	VIIC/41	10 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	16 December 1945	55.31N 07.24W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	7 January 1946	55.37N 07.49W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	ORP Garland
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	7 December 1945	55.27N 07.56W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	29 December 1945	55.40N 08.15W	Loch Ryan	Unknown causes
	VIIC/41	10 May 1945	Portland, UK	7 January 1946	55.49N 08.24W	Lisahally	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	9 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Aircraft	816 Naval Air Squadron
	VIIF	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	1 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
		VIIC	13 May 1945	Hohwacht Bay, Germany	21 December 1945	56.04N 09.35W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	8 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	30 December 1945	56.03N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	1 December 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	12 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	6 January 1946	55.49N 08.31W	Lisahally	Torpedoes
	VIIC/41	14 May 1945	List, Sylt, Germany	21 December 1945	55.45N 08.19W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Kristiansand, Norway	11 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Air attack
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Narvik, Norway	30 December 1945	55.44N 08.40W	Lisahally	Unknown causes
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	22 December 1945	55.59N 09.55W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire
	VIIC	8 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	17 December 1945	56.14N 10.37W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC	9 May 1945	Trondheim, Norway	8 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan
	IXC/40	5 May 1945		Heligoland, Germany	17 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Cubitt
	IXC/40	5 May 1945	Baring Bay, near Fredericia, Denmark	29 December 1945	55.51N 08.54W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	8 December 1945	55.28N 07.20W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC/41	10 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	8 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	16 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Bombs from British aircraft
	VIIC/41	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	9 December 1945	55.50N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Rockets from British aircraft
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	27 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	27 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	27 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	27 November 1945	56.12N 09.48W	Loch Ryan		Foundered under tow
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXIII	15 May 1945	Kiel, Germany	3 January 1946	56.06N 09.00W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXIII	8 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	31 December 1945	55.44N 08.19W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Stavanger, Norway	27 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Scuttled
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXIII	5 May 1945	Flensburg, Germany	3 January 1946	55.50N 08.20W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Offa
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	22 December 1945	56.00N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow
	XXIII	5 May 1945	Cuxhaven, Germany	6 January 1946	55.50N 08.20W	Lisahally	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslaught
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	27 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Błyskawica
	XXIII	9 May 1945	Kristiansand Süd, Norway	28 November 1945	56.10N 10.05W	Loch Ryan	Naval gunfire	HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun
	XXI	9 May 1945	Horten, Norway	2 January 1946	56.06N 09.00W
	XXI	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	5 January 1946	55.37N 07.30W	Moville
	XXI	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	7 January 1946	55.33N 07.38W	Moville	Naval gunfire	Tow parted, sunk by
	XXI	9 May 1945	Bergen, Norway	12 February 1946	56.00N 10.05W	Loch Ryan		HMS Loch Arkaig
Boat	Type	Surrender Date	Surrender location	Date of sinking	Location	Departure point	Method of Destruction	Remarks

Note: 116 U-boats were involved in Operation Deadlight (counting U-760).

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Notes and References

Web site: Uboat.net - Articles.
Web site: Operation Deadlight - Fates - German U-boats of WWII - Kriegsmarine - uboat.net.