German submarine U-229 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 November 1941 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 659, launched on 20 August 1942, and commissioned on 3 October under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Robert Schetelig. She was sunk by a British warship in September 1943.