U 320
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| Type : | VII C / 41 |
| Shipyard: | Flender-Werke Lübeck |
| Keel laying: | December 1, 1942 |
| Launch: | November 6, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | December 30, 1943 |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | self-sunk on May 10, 1945 west of Bergen |
U 320 was a German type VII C / 41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine .
It is considered to be the last German submarine defeated in direct combat during World War II .
history
Downfall
On May 8, 1945 at 4:45 am, a British flying boat of the type Catalina "X" (Flt Lt KM Murray) of the 210th RAF Squadron discovered the submerged submarine. The snorkel and periscope had given it away. Four depth charges were dropped, floated after which oil. The detached sonar buoys made hammering sounds as if the crew were trying to repair the boat. When the flying boat broke off observation at 2:10 p.m. due to lack of fuel, the hammering could still be heard. After two days, on May 10, 1945, Commander Heinz Emmrich brought his damaged boat to the surface so that the crew could leave it. The boat was then blown up by the crew. 61 ° 32 ' N , 1 ° 53' E
literature
- Jochen Brennecke : hunters - hunted! German submarines 1939–1945. Koehler, Biberach ad Riss 1956.
- Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906–1966. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 .
- Eberhard Möller, Werner Brack: Encyclopedia of German U-Boats. From 1904 to the present. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02245-1 .
- German U-Boot-Museum, Archive for International Underwater Museum: Altenbrucher Bahnhofstr. 57, archive: Lange Str. 1 and 3.27478 Cuxhaven - Altenbruch
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