U 998

U 998; ( previous / next - all submarines )
Type :	VII C / 41
Field Post Number :	M 52 749
Shipyard:	Blohm & Voss in Hamburg
Construction contract:	October 14, 1941
Keel laying:	December 5, 1942
Launch:	August 18, 1943
Commissioning:	October 7, 1943
Commanders:	Lieutenant Captain Hans Fiedler
Flotilla:	5th U-Flotilla training boat; October 7, 1943 - June 1944; 5th U-Flotilla Front Boat ; June 1944 - June 27, 1944;
Calls:	1 patrol
Sinkings:	no
Whereabouts:	decommissioned on June 27, 1944

U 998 was a German submarine of the type VII C / 41 , a so-called “Atlantic boat ”, which was used by the navy during World War II .

Technical specifications

A Type VII C-boat, driven by two diesel engines, reached a speed of 17 knots when traveling above water , had a maximum range of 6500 nm and could make 7.8 knots under water with the help of the two electric motors, with a maximum range of 80 nm .

commander

October 7, 1943 to June 27, 1944 Kptlt. Hans Fiedler

Commitment and history

The submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla ( Kiel ) from October 7, 1943 to June 1944 as a training boat and then as a front boat .

Company - June 12, 1944 to June 17, 1944

Operational area: Defensive deployment off the coast of Norway

June 12, 1944 - left Kiel.
June 17, 1944 - arrived in Bergen .

Loss of the boat

U 998 was damaged on June 16, 1944 by a Norwegian De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft . On June 27, 1944, it was decommissioned in Bergen. In 1944/1945 it was partially canceled. The remains of U 998 were used by the Norwegians after the war.

literature

Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .

Individual evidence

↑ The Type VIIC / 41 boat U-998 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net .
↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 390.
↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 537.

[1] The Type VIIC / 41 boat U-998 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net .

[2] Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 390.

[3] Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 537.