U 249

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U 249
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Type : VII C
Shipyard: Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract: June 5, 1941
Build number: 683
Keel laying: January 23, 1943
Launch: October 23, 1943
Commissioning: November 20, 1943
Commanders:
  • November 20, 1943 - July 16, 1944
    First Lieutenant Rolf Lindschau
  • July 17, 1944 - May 10, 1945
    First Lieutenant Uwe Kock
Flotilla:
  • November 20, 1943 - January 1, 1944
    5th submarine flotilla
  • July 17, 1944 - May 9, 1945
    5th submarine flotilla
Calls: 2 activities
Sinkings:

no

Whereabouts: capitulated and sunk in May 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight

U 249 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 5 June 1941, the yard Germania Werft , Kiel awarded. The keel was laid on January 23, 1943, the launch on October 23, 1943. The commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Lindschau finally took place on November 20, 1943.

history

After its commissioning on November 20, 1943 to January 1, 1944 and from July 17, 1944 to May 9, 1945, the submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla .

Whereabouts

U 249 capitulated and was sunk in May 1945 as part of Operation Deadlight .

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 .

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