U-307
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 5 Nov, 1941 | Flender-Werke, Lübeck (werk 307) | ||||
| Launched | 30 Sep, 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 18 Nov, 1942 | Ltnt. Friedrich-Georg Herrle | ||||
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| Career | 19 patrols | 18 Nov, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 May, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov, 1943 - 29 Apr, 1945 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 7.226 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 29 April, 1945 in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69.24N, 33.44E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Insh. 37 dead and 14 survivors. | |||||
See the 2 ships hit by U-307 - View the 19 war patrols
General notes on this boat
On 4 Sept, 1945 the last German unit surrendered! It was the weather station 'Haudegen' on Spitzbergen, which was set out from U-307 on 28 September, 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-307 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |