List of all U-boats

U-393

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down8 Apr 1942 Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 25)
Launched15 May 1943
Commissioned3 Jul 1943Oblt. Alfred Radermacher
Commanders
3 Jul 1943 - 30 Sep 1944  Oblt. Alfred Radermacher
1 Oct 1944 - 13 Jan 1945  Oblt. Walter Zenker
14 Jan 1945 - Apr, 1945  Oblt. Joachim Seeger
Apr, 1945 - 4 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich-Georg Herrle
Career
No patrols
3 Jul 1943-31 Oct 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944-31 Mar 1945  24. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
1 Apr 1945-5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Attacked on 4 May, 1945 in Gelting Bay in position 54.53N, 09.37E by aircraft from 9. USAAF XXIX TAC. 2 dead, unknown number of survivors. (Axel Niestlé, February 1990).

Loss position

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in position 55.34N, 09.49E, near Fyn Islands in Flensburger Förde, position unknown.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-393 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


Media links


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1
Wynn, Kenneth


German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel