U-351

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered9 Oct 1939
Laid down4 Mar 1940 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 470)
Launched27 Mar 1941
Commissioned20 Jun 1941Oblt. Karl Hause
Commanders
20 Jun 1941 - 14 Dec 1941  Oblt. Karl Hause
15 Dec 1941 - 24 Aug 1942  Kptlt. Günther Rosenberg
25 Aug 1942 - 25 May 1943  Oblt. Eberhard Zimmermann
26 May 1943 - 5 Oct 1943  Oblt. Götz Roth
13 Dec 1943 - 30 Jun 1944  Oblt. Helmut Wicke
1 Jul 1944 - 19 Mar 1945  Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Schley
20 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945  Oblt. Hugo Strehl
Career
No patrols
20 Jun 1941-31 Mar 1942  26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1942-30 Jun 1944  24. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1944-28 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-5 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 at Horup Haff in position 54.53N, 09.50E. Wreck broken up in 1948.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-351 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.