page_title: German submarine U-926
section_title: Service history
hierarchical_section_title: German submarine U-926 / Service history
caption_attribution_description: The Royal Norwegian Navy submarine KNM Kya (S307), circa 1960. She was originally built as the German Type VIIC-class submarine U-926 and commissioned 29 February 1944. The boat was decommissioned at Bergen, Norway on 5 May 1945 and transferred by Great Britain to Norway on 10 January 1949. U-926 became KNM Kya (S307) and served until 1962. The submarine was scrapped in 1964.
context_page_description: German submarine U-926 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
  She was ordered on 25 August 1941, and was laid down on 1 July 1942 at Neptun Werft AG, Rostock, as yard number 513. She was launched on 28 December 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Eberhard von Wenden on 29 February 1944.
context_section_description: On 9 May 1945, U-926 surrendered at Bergen, Norway.  Later deemed unseaworthy, she was not transferred to the UK for disposal. U-926 was taken over by the Royal Norwegian Navy and renamed HNoMS Kya (S307), 10 January 1949, she served until 1964.
caption: Norwegian submarine Kya (S307) underway c1960
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