U-276
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 24 Feb 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 41) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 24 Oct 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 9 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Jürgen Timme | ||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Stricken on 29 Sept, 1944 at Neustadt. Used as a floating electricity generating plant. Surrendered in 1945. | |||||||||||||
Attacks on this boat
25 May 1944
An unknown aircraft attacked the boat causing 3 casualties and severely damaging the boat forcing her to return to base. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 578)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-276 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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