Unterseeboot 301

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Unterseeboot 301 or U-301 was a German World War II Type VIIC/41 submarine whose keel was laid down on 12 February 1941 and which was commissioned on 9 May 1942. U-301 served with 5. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training from 9 May 1942 to 30 September 1942, as the front boat of 1. Unterseebootflottille from 1 October 1942 through 31 December 1942, then finally as the front boat of 29. Unterseebootflottille from 1 January 1943 through 21 January 1943. U-301 completed several patrols neither sinking nor damaging any ships.

U-301 was sunk on 21 January 1943 in the Mediterranean just west of Bonifacio by torpedoes from the British Submarine HMS Sahib. Forty-five of U-301’s crew were killed and one survived the attack.

Kptlt Willy-Roderich Körner commanded U-301 from the time it was commissioned until it was sunk.

[edit] References

• Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
• U-301 on uboat.net
• Interrogation report of U-301 survivor on U-boat Archive
• List of crew from U-301

Coordinates: 41°16′12″N 07°02′24″E / 41.27, 7.04