U-354
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct, 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 15 Apr, 1940 | Flensburger Schiffsbau, Flensburg (werk 473) | ||||
| Launched | 10 Jan, 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 22 Apr, 1942 | Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Herbschleb | ||||
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| Career | 20 patrols | 22 Apr, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942 5. Flottille (training) 1 Oct, 1942 - 14 Oct, 1942 1. Flottille (front boat) 15 Oct, 1942 - 31 May, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jun, 1943 - 24 Aug, 1944 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 7.176 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.300 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 3.771 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 11.420 tons | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 24 Aug, 1944 in the Barents Sea north-east of North Cape, in position 72.49N, 30.41E, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock, the British frigate HMS Loch Dunvegan and the British destroyer HMS Keppel. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 4 ships hit by U-354 - View the 20 war patrols
Previously recorded fate (Last revised by FDS/NHB during September 1957). More on revised fates
The attack by the British Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn 825/X) of the escort carrier HMS Vindex on 22 August, 1944 in position 74.54N, 15.26E was in fact responsible for the loss of U-344.
Men lost from the boat
11 Nov, 1942
U-354 lost one man overboard on 11 Nov. [Fähnrich zur See Horst Mayen]
12 Mar, 1943
A man from U-354 took his own life. [Maschinenmaat Helmut Richter]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Red Sky in the Morning, Pearson, Michael, 2002 Running the Gauntlet, Pearce, Frank, 1989 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 U-Boats at War, Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001 |