U-988
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 May 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 2 Oct 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 188) | ||||||||
| Launched | 3 Jun 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 15 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Erich Dobberstein | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 2,385 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,058 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 925 tons | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 29 June, 1944 in the English Channel west of Guernsey, in position 49.37N, 03.41W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Essington, HMS Duckworth, HMS Domett and HMS Cooke, and a Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 244/L). 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Another possible fate for this boat is that she might have been sunk on 18 June, 1944 by depth charges from a Polish Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 304/A).
General notes on this boat
8 Sep 1943. On 8 Sept, 1943 U-988 had a collision with her sister ship U-983 in the Baltic Sea training waters. U-983 sank with the loss of 5 men.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-988 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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