German submarine U-208 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 5 August 1940 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 637, launched on 21 May 1941 and commissioned on 5 July under the command of Oberleutnant Alfred Schlieper. She was sunk in December 1941 by ships of the British Royal Navy.