Type: IX-C
Built by: Seebeckwerft (Bremerhaven)
Launched: 30 April 1941
Commissioned: 28 November 1941
Feldpost Nr.: M41384
Sunk: 6 January 1943
Sunk by: US Navy A/C
Location sunk: off Natal, Brazil
Position sunk: 01.58S x 39.23W (54 men lost)
The only Skipper of V-164 was KK Otto Fechner.
U-164 was attached to the 10th U-BootFlottille based at Lorient. Her first war patrol was in the Caribbean over August and September 1942. She was lost on her second war patrol while operating off the northeastern coast of Brazil. There were only two survivors; the other 54 men were lost.
| SHIPS SUNK BY U-164 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.25.42 | STAD AMSTERDAM | Neth stmr | 3,780 GRT/TD> |
| 09.06.42 | JOHNA. HOLLOWAY | Cana stmr | 1,745 GRT/TD> |
| 01.01.43 | BAAGELAND | Swed mtrshp | 2,608 GRT/TD> |
| BRAGELAND was stopped and searched, according to the Prize Regulations. She was determined to be carrying contraband, and so was sunk. | |||
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