U-269
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 18 Sep, 1941 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 34) | ||||||||
| Launched | 24 Jun, 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 Aug, 1942 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Harflinger | ||||||||
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| Career | 5 patrols | 19 Aug, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov, 1943 - 25 Jun, 1944 6. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 25 June, 1944 in the Channel south-east of Torquay, in position 50.01N, 02.59W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Bickerton. 13 dead and 39 survivors. | |||||||||
Attacks on this boat
1 Dec, 1943
Allied forces attacked the boat and caused very serious damages causing the boat to abort. She reached port on 15 Dec at St. Nazaire. (Date is approximate) (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 442)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
The wreck was located in 1951 during the search for the British submarine HMS Affray, which sank with all hands on 16 April, 1951 when her snorkel mast broke off near Alderney.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-269 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |