German submarine U-194

German submarine U-194 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built during World War II for service in the Atlantic Ocean. She was a short-lived vessel, being sunk on her first and only operational war patrol. Completed in 1942 at Bremen, U-194 was a U-boat with a very long cruising ability and six torpedo (four forward and two aft) tubes supplied by 22 torpedoes.

Loss
Twelve days into her first and only patrol, U-194 was attacked and sunk by a homing torpedo from an American Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of No. 84 Squadron RAF in position 59°N, -26.3°W. All 54 men aboard were lost. An initial post-war assessment gave credit for sinking U-194 to a British Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of No. 120 Squadron RAF squadron, however this attack actually resulted in the sinking of U-200.