U-1302
Type | VIIC/41 | |||
| Ordered | 2 Apr 1942 | |||
| Laid down | 6 Mar 1943 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 495) | ||
| Launched | 4 Apr 1944 | |||
| Commissioned | 25 May 1944 | Oblt. Wolfgang Herwartz | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 25 May 1944 - 31 Dec 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jan 1945 - 7 Mar 1945 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 8,386 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 7 March, 1945 in St George´s Channel, in position 52.19N, 05.23W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigates HMCS La Hulloise, HMCS Strathadam and HMCS Thetford Mines. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 3 ships hit by U-1302 - View the 1 war patrol
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in February 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
17 Sep 1944
One crewmember took his own life with a pistol in the port of Gotenhafen.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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