Unterseeboot 309
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-309 |
| Ordered: | June 5, 1941 |
| Builder: | Flender Werke, Lübeck, yard 309 |
| Laid down: | January 24, 1942 |
| Launched: | December 5, 1942 |
| Commissioned: | January 27, 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk February 16, 1945 in the North Sea by depth charges. 47 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type VII U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: 8. Unterseebootsflottille 11. Unterseebootsflottille 9. Unterseebootsflottille 33. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 49 703 |
| Commanders | Hans-Gert Mahrholz Herbert Loeder |
| Operations | 11 |
| Victories | 1 ship sunk for a total of 7.219 gross register tons (GRT) |
Unterseeboot 309 (usually abbreviated to U-309) was a German U-boat built during World War II. She saw service in the Atlantic Ocean, and sank the freighter SS Samneva of 7,219 tons in her eleven mostly uneventful war patrols. Built in 1942 at Lübeck, U-309 was a VIIC type submarine, capable of lengthy ocean patrols and of operating in distant environments.
[edit] Fate
On the 16 February 1945 she was shadowing allied convoy WN-74 into the Moray Firth when the ASDIC on the Canadian frigate HMCS St. John detected her. The first attack on U-309 produced some oil on the surface. Two further attacks were carried out using the hedgehog anti submarine mortar weapons system, this produced further oil. The fourth attack using depth charges produced wreckage including charts, signal books and cork insulation material. U-309 was lost at position with all hands.
[edit] Discovery
The wreck of this boat has almost certainly been discovered in early 2001 off the east coast of Scotland.
[edit] References
See Also: List of U-boats
