U-276
Type | VIIC | |||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||||||
| Laid down | 24 Feb, 1942 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 41) | ||||||
| Launched | 24 Oct, 1942 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 9 Dec, 1942 | Oblt. Jürgen Timme | ||||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 9 Dec, 1942 - 29 Feb, 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1944 - 1 Jul, 1944 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jul, 1944 - 29 Sep, 1944 31. Flottille (-) | ||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||
| Fate | Stricken on 29 Sept, 1944 at Neustadt. Used as a floating electricity generating plant. Surrendered in 1945. | |||||||
Attacks on this boat
25 May, 1944
An unknown aircraft attacked the boat causing 3 casualties and severely damaging the boat forcing her to return to base. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 578)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-276 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |