U-290
Type | VIIC | |||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||||||
| Laid down | 12 Oct, 1942 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 55) | ||||||
| Launched | 16 Jun, 1943 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Jul, 1943 | Oblt. Hartmut Strenger | ||||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 24 Jul, 1943 - 30 Apr, 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 May, 1944 - 31 Jul, 1944 6. Flottille (front boat) 1 Aug, 1944 - 27 Aug, 1944 11. Flottille (front boat) 28 Aug, 1944 - 15 Feb, 1945 8. Flottille (front boat) 16 Feb, 1945 - 3 May, 1945 4. Flottille (training) | ||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||
| Fate | Scuttled in May, 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay, Flensburg Fjord. | |||||||
Attacks on this boat
14 Jun, 1944
A Norwegian Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn 333/H, pilots Erling U. Johansen and Lauritz Humlen) damaged the boat and wounded 8 of its crew. Two days later the boat arrived at its Bergen, Norway base.
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
14 Jun, 1944
A Norwegian Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn 333/H) damaged the boat and wounded 8 of its crew. Two days later the boat arrived at its Bergen, Norway base.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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