U-3012
Type | XXI | |||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov, 1943 | |||||||
| Laid down | 26 Aug, 1944 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1171) | ||||||
| Launched | 18 Oct, 1944 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Dec, 1944 | Kptlt. Friedrich Kloevekorn | ||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 4 Dec, 1944 - 3 May, 1945 4. Flottille (training) | ||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Travemünde. Wreck broken up. | |||||||
Men lost from the boat
28 Apr, 1945
After a misfiring of the 2cm AA machine gun on 28 April the I WO Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang Schlett was killed instantly. The commander of the boat, Kapitänleutnant Hans Bungards, was heavily wounded and died next night in the Navy hospital at Travemünde.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
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 |