Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 21 Apr 1942 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 668) | ||||||||
| Launched | 7 Jan 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Feb 1943 | Oblt. Horst Hepp | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk, total tonnage 23,048 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,176 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 9 Feb, 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49.45N, 16.07W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Kite, HMS Magpie and HMS Starling. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-238 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Leuthen (15 Sep 1943 - 24 Sep 1943)
Schill 2 (17 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Weddigen (22 Nov 1943 - 1 Dec 1943)
Igel 2 (4 Feb 1944 - 9 Feb 1944)
Attacks on this boat
30 Nov 1943
Avengers from the escort carrier USS Bogue attacked the boat killing 2 and wounding 5 men. [Matrosenobergefreiter Jakob Philipp]
10 Dec 1943
A British submarine fired three torpedoes at U-238 but all missed.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
30 Nov 1943
Avengers from the escort carrier USS Bogue attacked the boat killing 2 and wounding 5 men. [Matrosenobergefreiter Jakob Philipp]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
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