List of all U-boats
U-347
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 19 Oct 1942 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 219) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 21 May 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Johann de Buhr | ||||||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 17 July, 1944 west of Narvik, Norway, in position 68.36N, 08.33E, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 86/U). 49 dead (all hands lost). (Eric Zimmerman, January 1997). | |||||||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
Wolfpack operations
U-347 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Trutz (15 May 1944 - 31 May 1944)
Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944)
Trutz (5 Jul 1944 - 10 Jul 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-347 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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