U-387
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 21 Nov, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 5 Sep, 1941 | Howaldtswerke, Kiel (werk 18) | ||
| Launched | 1 Oct, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 24 Nov, 1942 | Oblt. Rudolf Büchler | ||
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| Career | 15 patrols | 24 Nov, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 1 Jul, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 7. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov, 1943 - 9 Dec, 1944 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 9 Dec, 1944 in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69.41N, 33.12E, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Bamborough Castle. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Attacks on this boat
19 Jul, 1944
A Norwegian Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 330, pilot Bredo Thurmann-Nielsen) attacked the boat causing some damages. The boat aborted to Trondheim for repairs. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 597)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-387 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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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 |