

I would also like to express my grateful thanks to the following individuals for their assistance with this project: Chris Boonzaier, Malcolm Bowers, Josef Charita, Thomas Huss, Michel Legrand, Kevin Matthews, Detlev Niemann, Francois Saez and Mark Wood. Mallmann-Showell has also offered his encouragement and help in correcting and revising material for this and other related projects. The Archiv is the world's foremost repository of information and photographs on the subject not only of the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine but also of their forerunners in the Kaiserliche Marine of Imperial Germany. He has provided much help and encouragement and has made available the photographic collection of the Archiv for use in this work. Herr Bredow has been a most gracious host on my visits to Cuxhaven, allowing me not only access to the Archiv, but to reside in the Archiv building during my trips. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KRIEGSMARINE'S U-BOATSīIBLIOGRAPHY A N D R E C O M M E N D E D READINGĪCKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book and those individual volumes that preceded it would not have been possible without the gracious assistance of Horst Bredow, founder of the U-Boot Archiv. (Artwork by Ian Palmer © Osprey Publishing) The Type XXIII U-2336, returning from her last mission of the war on. Box 140, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 2FA, UK E-mail: EDITOR'S NOTEĪll photographs, unless indicated otherwise, are courtesy of the U-Boot Archiv.

ISBN 1 84176 872 3 Editors: Anita Hitchings and Ruth Sheppard Design: Ken Vail Graphic Design, Cambridge, UK Artwork by Ian Palmer and Darko Pavlovic Index by Alan Thatcher Originated by The Electronic Page Company, Cwmbran, UK Printed and bound by L-Rex Printing Company Ltd 05 06 07 08 09įOR A CATALOGUE OF ALL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY OSPREY PLEASE CONTACT: NORTH AMERICA Osprey Direct, 2427 Bond Street, University Park, IL 60466, USA E-mail: ALL OTHER REGIONS Osprey Direct UK, P.O. CIP data for this publication is available from the British Library. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Email: Previously published as New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (1) New Vanguard 55: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (2) and Warrior 36: Grey Wolf. WOLF PACK The Story of the U-Boat in World War IIįirst published in Great Britain in 2005 by Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 9LP, United Kingdom.
