U 240

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Type :	VII C
Shipyard:	Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract:	January 20, 1941
Build number:	670
Keel laying:	May 14, 1942
Launch:	February 18, 1943
Commissioning:	April 3, 1943
Commanders:	April 3, 1943 - May 17, 1944 First Lieutenant Günther Link
Flotilla:	April 3, 1943 - January 31, 1944 5th submarine flotilla February 1, 1944 - May 17, 1944 9th submarine flotilla
Calls:	1 company
Sinkings:	no
Whereabouts:	missing in the North Sea from May 17, 1944

U 240 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

Technical specifications

The order for the boat was on 20 January 1941, the yard Germania Werft , Kiel awarded. The keel was laid on May 14, 1942, the launch on February 18, 1943. The commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Günther Link finally took place on April 3, 1943.

history

After its commissioning on April 3, 1943 to January 31, 1944, the submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla and from February 1, 1944 to May 17, 1944 to the 9th U-Flotilla .

Whereabouts

U 240 went missing in the North Sea on May 17, 1944 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 212 on u-bootarchiv.de , a detailed site about German submarines (German)