Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Dec 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 26 Jun 1941 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 304) | ||||||||
| Launched | 13 Jun 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Aug 1942 | Ltnt. Heinz Koch | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 28 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 54.50N, 37.20W by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/E). 46 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-304 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Without name (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Isar (10 May 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Donau 1 (15 May 1943 - 26 May 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-304 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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