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). | |||||||||||||
Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Eric Zimmerman during January 1997. More on revised fates.)
Sunk 17 July, 1944 in the Arctic west of Narvik, Norway, in position 68.35N, 06.00E, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 210).
This attack was in fact sank the U-361.
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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