U 341
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | 49 708 |
| Shipyard: | North Sea Works , Emden |
| Construction contract: | January 20, 1941 |
| Build number: | 213 |
| Keel laying: | October 28, 1941 |
| Launch: | October 10, 1942 |
| Commissioning: | November 28, 1942 |
| Commanders: |
Dietrich Epp |
| Flotilla: |
8th U-Flotilla |
| Calls: | 2 activities |
| Sinkings: |
no ships sunk or damaged |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk in the Atlantic southwest of Iceland on September 19, 1943, not lifted |
U 341 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II for the War submarine in the North Atlantic from the Navy was used. It wassunkten months after its commissioning during a convoy battle by an air raid.
history
From November 28, 1942 to May 31, 1943, U 341 was subordinated to the 8th U-Flotilla as a training boat and stationed in Danzig . During this time, Commander Epp undertook training trips in the Baltic Sea to retract the boat and train the crew. On May 25, Epp ran with the U 341 from Kiel made his first company with this boat. The U 341 was deployed in the North Atlantic. Without having sunk or damaged any ships, Epp entered La Pallice on July 10th . This was the base of the 3rd U-Flotilla , which U 341 had been subordinated to on June 1st. From here the boat left for the second expedition on August 31st. On September 18, 1943, U 341 was assigned to the "Leuthen" submarine group consisting of 20 submarines, which was deployed in accordance with the pack tactics developed by Karl Dönitz to track down and attack the ON 202 and ONS 18 convoys .
Sinking
Near the Allied convoy ONS 18 was U 341 on 19 September 1943 when emerging from the convoy backed Liberator "A" of the 10th Squadron of the RCAF sighted. The pilot Flt. Lt. After a failed attack on U 341, RF Fisher threw six depth charges , which detonated close to the boat. After a secondary explosion in the bow, the submarine lost speed and finally stopped. It sank at position 58 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 25 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W with the entire crew of 50 men.
literature
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Translated from the English by Alfred P. Zeller, Urbes-Verlag, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 151.
- 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 .
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