U 355

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U 355
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Type : VII C
Shipyard: Flensburg shipbuilding company
Build number: 474
Launch: July 5, 1941
Commissioning: October 29, 1941
Commanders:

Lieutenant Captain Günter La Baume

Calls:
Sinkings:
Whereabouts: on April 1, 1944 in the North Sea 73 ° 07'N 10 ° 21'E ( location )

U 355 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II for the War submarine in the Atlantic Ocean by the Navy was used. It was sunk by Allied ships as one of six German submarines on April 1, 1944 during the march of the northern sea convoy JW 58 .

Schematic representation of a Type VII C submarine
Silhouette of a Type VII C submarine

Sinking

U 355 was sunk in the North Sea while convoy JW 58 was marching. The convoy was on its way from the Scottish Loch Ewe to the Soviet Murmansk on the White Sea . On April 1, the first German submarines made contact. Overall, the submarine groups "Thor" with U 278 , U 312 , U 313 and U 674 , "Blitz" with U 277 , U 355 , U 711 and U 956 and "Hammer" with U 288 , U 315 , U 354 and U 968 and the additionally sailed boats U 716 , U 739 , U 360 , U 361 and U 990 are ready. Up until the evening of April 3, they carried out many attacks with TV torpedoes on escort vehicles, all of which were unsuccessful. The Allies, however, were able to sink three more submarines; including on April 1, U 355 ( Lage ) by an Avenger of escort carrier HMS Tracker . Was destroyed U 355 finally water bombs of the British destroyer HMS Beagle (H30) .

See also

literature

  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Translated from the English by Alfred P. Zeller. Urbes-Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 189.