U-1308

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered1 Aug 1942
Laid down16 Feb 1944 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 501)
Launched22 Nov 1944
Commissioned17 Jan 1945Oblt. Heinrich Besold
Commanders
17 Jan 1945 - 2 May 1945  Oblt. Heinrich Besold
Career
No patrols
17 Jan 1945-2 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May 1945 north-west of Warnemünde, in position 54.13N, 12.03E. Raised in October 1952. Broken up at Neptun Dockyard, Rostock.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1308 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


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You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.