Unterseeboot 88 (1941)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-88 |
| Ordered: | January 25, 1939 |
| Builder: | Flender Werke, Lübeck, yard 292 |
| Laid down: | July 1, 1940 |
| Launched: | August 16, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | October 15, 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk September 12, 1942 in the Arctic Ocean south of Spitsbergen by depth charges. 46 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type VII U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: 7. Unterseebootsflottille 8. Unterseebootsflottille 11. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 27 945 |
| Commanders | Heino Bohmann |
| Operations | 3 |
| Victories | 2 ships sunk for a total of 12.304 gross register tons (GRT) |
Unterseeboot 88 (usually abbreviated to U-88) was a German Type VIIC U-boat built during World War II. U-88 was a fairly successful boat, succeeding in sinking over 12,000 tons of allied shipping in a career lasting just one year.
U-88 was built at the Flender Werke in Lübeck during 1940, and was ready for service in 1941. After her warm up in the Baltic Sea, designed to give her an opportunity to train and repair minor faults, she was deployed into the Atlantic Ocean in October, 1941 and saw some success sinking 2 ships.
[edit] Fate
On the September 12, 1942 she was sunk in the Arctic Ocean south of Spitsbergen by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Faulknor. U-88 was lost at position along with all 46 crewmen.
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See Also: List of U-boats
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