U-273
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 5 Dec, 1941 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 38) | ||||
| Launched | 2 Sep, 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 21 Oct, 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Adolf Engel | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 21 Oct, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 May, 1943 - 19 May, 1943 9. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 19 May, 1943 south-west of Iceland, in position 59.25N, 24.33W, by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (Sqdn. 269/M). 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-273 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 |