Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 5 Nov 1941 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 308) | ||||||||
| Launched | 31 Oct 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 23 Dec 1942 | Ltnt. Karl Mühlenpfordt | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 June, 1943 in the Norwegian sea north-east of the Faeroes, in position 64.28N, 03.09W, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Truculent. 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-308 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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