U 291
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M-53 159 |
| Shipyard: | Vegesacker shipyard , Vegesack |
| Construction contract: | June 5, 1941 |
| Build number: | B 056 |
| Keel laying: | October 17, 1942 |
| Launch: | June 30, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | 4th August 1943 |
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| Calls: | No patrols |
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| Whereabouts: | Surrendered in Cuxhaven on May 8, 1945 and sunk by HMS Onslaught on December 21, 1945 during Operation Deadlight . |
U 291 was a German Type VII C training submarine, which was used in the Baltic Sea during World War II to train and train new submarine men and to try out new technologies.
history
The U 291 was commissioned from the Vegesack shipyard on June 5, 1941 as the last boat in the U 251 to U 291 series . The keel laying under the temporary designation "Neubau 056" began on October 17, 1942, the launch took place on June 30, 1943. The commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Hans Keerl, former watch officer on U 598 , finally took place on August 4, 1943. The sponsorship of U 291 was taken over by Wiesbaden , which took over part of the construction costs of the boat. At the commissioning ceremony, some representatives presented Wiesbaden Lieutenant Keerl with the city arms, which he immediately had attached to the front of the tower.
Whereabouts
After its surrender in Cuxhaven, U 291 was first to Wilhelmshaven and later to Loch Ryan, where it waited to be scuttled during Operation Deadlight . On December 21, 1945, the boat was brought to the sinking position by the Polish destroyer OPR Krakowiak (L.115) , but sunk by the heavy artillery of the British destroyer HMS Onslaught because of the broken towing connection . The wreck is located at 55 ° 50.30 'N - 09 ° 08' W in the former naval grid square AM 5259.
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 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In addition to the U 291 , this construction contract also included the U 280 , U 281 , U 282 , U 283 , U 284 , U 285 , U 286 , U 287 , U 288 , U 289 and U 290
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 87.