U 1276
|
U 1276 ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
|
|---|---|
| Type : | VII C / 41 |
| Field Post Number : | M 07 089 |
| Shipyard: |
Vegesacker shipyard Bremen-Vegesack |
| Construction contract: | June 13, 1942 |
| Keel laying: | July 13, 1943 |
| Launch: | February 25, 1944 |
| Commissioning: | April 6, 1944 |
| Commanders: |
April 6, 1944 - February 20, 1945 |
| Calls: | 1 patrol |
| Sinkings: |
1 warship |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on February 20, 1945, south of Waterford , Ireland and some 20 nautical miles southeast of Dungarvan |
U 1276 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which during World War II by the former German Navy was used.
history
The boat was on the Vegesacker shipyard in Bremen-Vegesack built by on 25 February 1944 stack left and put into service on April 6, 1944th The commandant was Lieutenant Karl-Heinz Wendt .
The submarine was assigned to the 8th submarine flotilla . After the end of the run-in during the training period, the boat of the 11th submarine flotilla near Bergen in Norway . In November 1944 the 5th U-Flotilla in Kiel equipped it before it went to the front.
In January 1945 U 1276 was relocated to Norway and on January 28, 1945 the first patrol took place.
Whereabouts
On 20 February 1945, the boat struck off the southern coast of Ireland on the convoy HX-337 of the Royal Navy . The convoy consisted of about 40 ships, coming from Nova Scotia . At the meeting, U 1276 succeeded in sinking the corvette HMS Vervain at 11:45 a.m. The Vervain sank after 20 minutes ( location ). Because of the shallow coastal waters, U 1276 could not escape by deep diving. Only two nautical miles from the wreck site of HMS Vervain , the submarine was sunk by HMS Amethyst . There were no survivors.
wreck
Two Irish divers from the Ardmore Diving Center discovered the wreck south of Waterford and around 20 nautical miles southeast of Dungarvan (location: 51 ° 48 ′ N , 7 ° 7 ′ W ) at a depth of around 76 m.
Map with all coordinates: