U-339
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 17 Dec, 1940 | |||||
| Laid down | 7 Jul, 1941 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 211) | ||||
| Launched | 30 Jun, 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 25 Aug, 1942 | Oblt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse | ||||
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| Career | No patrols | 25 Aug, 1942 - 1 Mar, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1943 - 1 Apr, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Apr, 1943 - 1 Mar, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 near Wilhelmshaven, in position 53.31N, 08.10E. | |||||
Attacks on this boat
26 Mar, 1943
The boat was seriously damaged by 6 depth charges from a British Catalina from the Faraoe Islands (Sqdn 190, pilot J. Fish). The boat had to abort its patrol and return to Trondheim, Norway. The boat was deemed unfit for combat duties and was then transported to Kiel, Germany which she reached on 9 April. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 270)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-339 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 |