List of all U-boats
U-287
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Aug 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 52) | ||||||||
| Launched | 13 Aug 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Sep 1943 | Ltnt. Heinrich Meyer | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk on 16 May, 1945 by mine in the Elbe estuary. According other sources scuttled on 15/16 May, 1945, in the Attenbruch roadsteads in position 53.50N, 08.50E. | |||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-287 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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