List of all U-boats

U-273

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down5 Dec 1941 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 38)
Launched2 Sep 1942
Commissioned21 Oct 1942Oblt. Hans-Adolf Engel
Commanders
21 Oct 1942 - 31 Mar 1943  Oblt. Hans-Adolf Engel
1 Apr 1943 - 19 May 1943  Oblt. Hermann Rossmann
Career
1 patrol
21 Oct 1942-30 Apr 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 May 1943-19 May 1943  9. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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).

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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.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.