U-298

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 23 Feb 1943 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 63)
Launched25 Oct 1943
Commissioned1 Dec 1943Oblt. Ortwin Hensellek
Commanders
1 Dec 1943 - 21 Dec 1943  Oblt. Ortwin Hensellek
21 Dec 1943 - 17 Jul 1944  Oblt. Otto Hohmann
18 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Heinrich Gehrken
CareerNo patrols1 Dec 1943 - 17 Jul 1944  8. Flottille (training)
18 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  U-Abwehrschule (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 29 Nov, 1945 in position 55.35N, 07.54W.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-298 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.