U-boat Emblems

Coat of Arms (Wappen)

During the war many U-boats displayed Coat of Arms of towns and cities within Greater Germany. In some case the cities had "adopted" the U-boat in question and in other cases the Commander was from a certain town or region and adopted its Wappen. Below are most, perhaps not all, of the Coat of Arms that were seen on German U-boats during WWII. German names are used on this list, current names, if different, are explained in the text.

62 Coat of Arms were seen on German U-boats (some were seen on more than one U-boat).

U-boats showing Coat of Arms

The following U-boats are known to have shown Coat of Arms during WWII. Some did display more than one Wappen. Click on the boat number below to see the emblems displayed by that boat. Many other boats displayed Coat of Arms which we are not able to recognize.

U-44, U-80, U-86, U-155, U-173, U-181, U-194, U-201, U-202, U-203, U-204, U-205, U-206, U-208, U-209, U-212, U-214, U-221, U-242, U-256, U-291, U-306, U-332, U-337, U-348, U-351, U-352, U-371, U-372, U-375, U-376, U-402, U-406, U-407, U-411, U-415, U-434, U-435, U-436, U-438, U-445, U-451, U-453, U-462, U-472, U-475, U-527, U-557, U-558, U-559, U-561, U-562, U-566, U-573, U-576, U-577, U-592, U-600, U-601, U-617, U-736, U-744, U-752, U-754, U-764, U-828, U-869, U-921, U-970, U-975, U-984, U-1010, U-1164, U-1301. (74 boats).