U-267
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Aug 1941 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 32) | ||||||||
| Launched | 23 May 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 11 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Otto Tinschert | ||||||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | 11 Jul 1942 - 31 Jan 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Feb 1943 - 1 Oct 1944 7. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct 1944 - 4 May 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 4 May, 1945, in Gelting Bay. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-267 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Landknecht (22 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
Pfeil (2 Feb 1943 - 9 Feb 1943)
Meise (20 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
Elbe I (11 May 1943 - 13 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
5 Feb 1943
The boat was attacked in the North Atlantic by escorts with depth charges. The boat was damaged so severely that a return to base was necessary, reaching St. Nazaire on Feb 18.
29 Mar 1943
The boat was attacked by convoy escorts in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damages.
7 Jul 1943
Off Cape Finisterre a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 210, pilot John A. Cruickshank) dropped depth charges on the boat (reported to be sailing unalert on the surface). The boat dived and escaped the attack but was severely damaged and had to re-surface and report the damages and abort its patrol. The boat was repaired in part and managed to elude allied hunters sent to destroy him, reaching France on July 13. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 388)
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
23 Sep 1944. This boat was the last one to leave the U-boat base at St. Nazaire on 23 Sept, 1944 (U-255 remained and eventually surrendered there in May, 1945). She arrived on 29 Oct at Stavanger, Norway.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-267 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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