U 356

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U 356
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Type : VII C
Shipyard: Flensburg shipbuilding company
Build number: 475
Launch: September 11, 1941
Commissioning: December 20, 1941
Commanders:

First Lieutenant Günther Ruppelt

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Sinkings:
Whereabouts: sunk on December 27, 1942 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores

U 356 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 escort vehicles of the Royal Canadian Navy during a convoy battle about a year after its commissioning .

Sinking

HMCS St. Laurent sank U 356 with depth charges

During the battle for the Allied convoy ONS-154 on December 27, 1942 , U 356 sank three cargo ships , the Empire Union , Melrose Abbey and King Edward, as well as another ship that damaged the Soekaboemi . The Soekaboemi was later sunk by U 441 .

U 356 was discovered above water by the Canadian destroyer St. Laurent and damaged by a cannon shell. After the boat was submerged after it was approved by the St Laurent it by ASDIC located and with water bombs attacked. After a strong detonation as a result of the second depth charge attack, the submarine stopped moving after ASDIC was located. In addition, a wide oil slick spread over the surface of the water. Already in the process of sinking, the boat was attacked with further depth charges by other Canadian ships, the frigate HMCS Saint John and three corvettes of the Flower class HMCS Chilliwack , HMCS Battleford and HMCS Napanee and did not appear again. It sank at position 45 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W with the entire crew of 46 men.

The ONS-154 convoy lost a total of 13 cargo ships, while U 356 was the only submarine that was sunk during the battle.

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. 101.