German submarine U-226

German submarine U-226 was a Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. Laid down on 1 August 1941 as 'werk' 656 at F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, she was launched on 18 June 1942 and commissioned on 1 August under the command of Oberleutnant Albrecht Gänge.

She began her service career in training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla. She was transferred to the 6th flotilla on 1 January 1943.

The boat was a member of 11 wolf packs. She carried out three patrols and sank one ship.

She was sunk by British warships in November 1943.

1st patrol
U-226 departed Kiel on 31 December 1942, heading for the Atlantic Ocean via the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She sailed toward Newfoundland, southeast of Greenland. She arrived at Lorient in occupied France, on 17 May.

2nd patrol
Having left Lorient on 10 April 1943, the boat encountered the Fort Rampart west of the Bay of Biscay on the 18th. The ship had already been attacked by U-628. U-226 finished the merchantman off with a 'coup de grǎce' torpedo and gunfire and returned to France; this time to St. Nazaire.

3rd patrol
Having left St. Nazaire for Brest, the boat departed the port in Brittany on 5 October. U-226 was attacked and sunk on November 6th by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, Woodcock and Kite east of Newfoundland. Fifty-one men died, there were no survivors.