U 227
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| Type : | VII C |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | December 7, 1940 |
| Build number: | 657 |
| Keel laying: | November 8, 1941 |
| Launch: | July 30, 1942 |
| Commissioning: | August 22, 1942 |
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| Calls: | 1 company |
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| Whereabouts: | sunk by a Handley Page Hampden on April 30, 1943 between the Faroe Islands and Iceland . |
U 227 was a German submarine from the VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
Technical specifications
The order for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on December 7, 1940 . The keel was laid on November 8, 1941, the launch on July 30, 1942. The commissioning under Lieutenant Jürgen Kuntze finally took place on August 22, 1942.
history
After its commissioning on August 22, 1942, the submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla until April 1943 and to the 7th U-Flotilla in April 1943 .
Whereabouts
U 227 was sunk on April 30, 1943 between the Faroe Islands and Iceland by a Handley Page Hampden ( Royal Australian Air Force ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
literature
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
Web links
- U 227 on u-bootarchiv.de , a detailed site about German submarines (German)