Unterseeboot 253
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Unterseeboot 253 or U-253 was a German World War II Type VIIC submarine commissioned on 21 October 1941. U-253 served with 8. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training and later served operationally with 6. Unterseebootflottille from 1 September 1942 to 25 September 1942. U-253 completed one patrol and did not sink any ships.
U-253 was sunk with all hands on deck on 25 September 1942 southwest of Ireland. The cause of U-253’s loss is not clear, but believed to be a British mine.
[edit] References
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
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