List of all U-boats
U-286
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Aug 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 21 Apr 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Jun 1943 | Oblt. Willi Dietrich | ||||||||||||||||
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| Successes | 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,150 tons | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 29 April 1945 in the Barents Sea off Kola Inlet, in position 69.29N, 33.37E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Insh, HMS Anguilla and HMS Cotton. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-286 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Stier (28 Nov 1944 - 3 Jan 1945)
Rasmus (6 Feb 1945 - 13 Feb 1945)
Faust (16 Apr 1945 - 29 Apr 1945)
Attacks on this boat and other events
18 Jul 1944
North Sea south of Norway, outbound: a Norwegian Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn 333/K) attacked U-286. Despite being left damaged and with casualties of one dead and seven wounded, the boat reached Kristiansand, Norway the same day.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
18 Jul 1944
North Sea south of Norway, outbound: a Norwegian Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn 333/K) attacked U-286. Despite being left damaged and with casualties of one dead and seven wounded, the boat reached Kristiansand, Norway the same day.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Leeverdood as Slaav |
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