German submarine U-361
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-361 |
| Ordered: | 7 December 1940 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 480 |
| Laid down: | 12 September 1941 |
| Launched: | 9 September 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 18 December 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a British aircraft, July 1944, west of Narvik |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) Various AA guns |
| Service record[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (18 December 1943–29 February 1944) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1 March–17 July 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Hans Seidel (18 December–17 July 1944) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 28 February–27 March 1944 2nd patrol: 31 March–24 April 1944 3rd patrol: 27 June–17 July 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-361 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out three patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was a member of six wolfpacks.
She was sunk by a British aircraft west of Narvik in July 1944.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 12 September 1941 at the Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges yard at Flensburg as 'werk' 480, launched on 9 September 1942 and commissioned on 18 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Seidel.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 18 December 1943 and the 11th flotilla from 1 March 1944.
1st patrol
U-359's first patrol took her from Kiel in Germany to Narvik in Norway.
2nd patrol
Her second foray was toward Bear Island in the Barents Sea, then into the Norwegian Sea.
3rd patrol and loss
U-361 left Narvik for the last time on 27 June 1944. On 17 July, she was sunk by depth charges dropped by a British Catalina flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF. The pilot, Flying Officer John Cruickshank was awarded the Victoria Cross.
52 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.[2]
Previously recorded fate
U-361 was originally noted as sunk on 17 July 1944 by a British B-24 Liberator of 86 Squadron. This attack sank U-347.[3]
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-361 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0361html U-361 at u-boot-archiv.de
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u361/htm
- Bibliography
External links
- U-361 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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