Unterseeboot 269

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U-269
Type		VIIC
Commission Date		19 August 1942
Construction yard		Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Patrols
Start Date	End Date	Assigned Unit
August 19, 1942	March 31, 1943	8th Flotilla (training)
April 1, 1943	October 31, 1943	11th Flotilla
November 1, 1943	June 25, 1944	6th Flotilla
Commanders
August, 1942	April, 1943	Oblt. Karl-Heinz Harflinger
June, 1943	September, 1943	Oblt. Otto Hansen
September, 1943	March, 1944	Kptlt. Karl-Heinrich Harlfinger
April, 1944	June, 1944	Oblt. Georg Uhl
Successes
Type of Ship Sunk	Number of Ships Sunk	Gross Registered Tonnage
Commercial Vessels	None	0
Military Vessels	None	0

Unterseeboat 269, also known as U-269, was a German type VIIC submarine during the Second World War. It was laid down September 18, 1941 at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack and commissioned on 19 August 1942.

The submarine failed to sink or damage any craft, but neither did it lose any crew members prior to its sinking.

U-269 was sunk by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Bickerton on 25 June 1944 in the English Channel southeast of Torquay. The attack left 13 dead and 39 survivors. Her wreck was located in 1961, during a search for the British submarine HMS Affray.