U-265
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Jul 1941 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 30) | ||||||||
| Launched | 23 Apr 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Leonhard Auffhammer | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 3 Feb, 1943 south of Iceland, in position 56.35N, 22.49W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 220/N). 46 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-265 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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