German submarine U-141 (1940)

German submarine U-141 was a Type IID U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 1939 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 270. She was launched on 27 July 1940 and commissioned on 21 August 1940 with Oberleutnant Heinz-Otto Schultze in command.

U-141 began her service life with the 1st U-boat Flotilla. She was then assigned to the 3rd flotilla and subsequently to the 21st flotilla where she conducted four patrols, sinking four ships and damaging another, between May and September, 1941. She spent the rest of the war as a training vessel, moving over to the 31st flotilla.

She was scuttled in May 1945.

Operational career
The U-boat began her operational career with a trip from Kiel to Bergen in Norway in April 1941.

1st patrol
The submarine's first patrol commenced with her departure from Bergen on 29 April 1941. Her destination was Lorient in occupied France which she reached, having crossed the North Sea and made her way north of the Faroe Islands, on 11 May. During the voyage, she was unsuccessfully attacked by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF west of the Outer Hebrides.

2nd patrol
She sank the Calabria on 22 June 1941 about 100 mi northwest of the Inishull Lightship (Ireland).

3rd patrol
She damaged the Atlantic City and sank the Botney on 26 July 1941, west of Bloody Foreland, (also in Ireland).

4th patrol
U-141's last sortie took her north of Northern Ireland where she sank the Jarlinn and the King Erik in September 1941.