U-277
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Mar 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 42) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Nov 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Robert Lübsen | ||||||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 1 May, 1944 in the Arctic Ocean south-west of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73.24N, 15.32E, by depth charges from a British Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 842/C) from the British escort carrier HMS Fencer. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-277 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Monsun (30 Aug 1943 - 7 Oct 1943)
Monsun (17 Nov 1943 - 23 Nov 1943)
Eisenbart (23 Nov 1943 - 21 Dec 1943)
Blitz (25 Mar 1944 - 4 Apr 1944)
Donner (11 Apr 1944 - 20 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 1 May 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-277 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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