U-291

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 17 Oct 1942 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 56)
Launched30 Jun 1943
Commissioned4 Aug 1943Oblt. Hans Keerl
Commanders
4 Aug 1943 - 30 Sep 1943   Hans Keerle
1 Oct 1943 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Friedrich Stege
17 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Hermann Neumeister
CareerNo patrols4 Aug 1943 - 31 Aug 1943  21. Flottitte (training)
1 Sep 1943 - 1 Jul 1944  23. Flottille (trial boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 24 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 20 Dec, 1945 in position 55.50N, 09.08W.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-291 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.