U 321
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M 44228 |
| Shipyard: | Flender-Werke , Lübeck |
| Construction contract: | October 14, 1941 |
| Build number: | 321 |
| Keel laying: | January 21, 1943 |
| Launch: | November 27, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | January 20, 1944 |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | Sunk on April 2, 1945 southwest of Ireland |
U 321 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
history
U 321 served as a training boat until the end of February 1945 . During this time the boat belonged to the 4th U-Flotilla , a training flotilla stationed in Stettin . On March 1, U 321 was assigned to the 11th U-Flotilla , to which it belonged until it was sunk.
Calls
On March 1, 1945, U 321 ran under the command of Fritz Berends from Kiel to Horten , where the boat arrived on March 9, 1945. From here, U 321 set out on its first patrol on March 15. The North Atlantic was intended as the operational area .
Downfall
On April 2, 1945 U 321 was detected by the radar of a Vickers Wellington of the 302nd (Polish) squadron of the RAF . On the advice of the navigator, the pilot of the machine began the approach, whereupon the submarine, which had apparently been on the lookout for aircraft, submerged. U 321 was from the Polish machine with six depth charges proven and true even though no oil floating boat debris was spotted remember when dropped.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Busch, Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. 1997, p. 357.
- ↑ Busch, Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. 1997, p. 474.
- ↑ Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. 1998, p. 256.
literature
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
- 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 .