German submarine U-241 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. An order was placed for U-241 on 10 April 1941 and construction began on 4 September 1942 at Germaniawerft, Kiel, as werk 675. She was launched the following year on 25 June 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant Arno Werr a month later on 24 July. Four days into her first patrol, she shot down an attacking flying boat but was sunk with all hands the next day.