U-348
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 17 Nov, 1942 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 220) | ||||||||
| Launched | 25 Jun, 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Aug, 1943 | Oblt. Hans-Norbert Schunck * | ||||||||
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| Career | 15 patrols | 10 Aug, 1943 - 31 Mar, 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1944 - 11 Jul, 1944 9. Flottille (front boat) 12 Jul, 1944 - 15 Feb, 1945 8. Flottille (front boat) 16 Feb, 1945 - 30 Mar, 1945 5. Flottille (training) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 30 March, 1945 near Hamburg, in position 53.33N, 09.57E, by US bombs during a daylight air raid. 2 dead, unknown number of survivors. | |||||||||
Attacks on this boat
28 Jan, 1945
One man died near Gotenhafen. [Matrose Hermann Witthöft]
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
* From June to Aug 1943 Oblt. Hans-Joachim Förster served as Baubelehrungs commander in the last days before the boat was commissioned.
Men lost from the boat
6 May, 1944
Two men stepped on a land mine near Stavanger, Norway. One was killed, the other wounded. The boat departed for its second patrol from Bergen on the 20th. [Bootsmaat Günter Labahn]
28 Jan, 1945
One man died near Gotenhafen. [Matrose Hermann Witthöft]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
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 |