List of all U-boats
U-307
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 5 Nov 1941 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 307) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 30 Sep 1942 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 18 Nov 1942 | Ltnt. Friedrich-Georg Herrle | ||||||||||||
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Career 13 patrols |
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Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,226 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 29 April 1945 in the Barents Sea off Kola Inlet, in position 69.24N, 33.44E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Insh. 37 dead and 14 survivors. | |||||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-307 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Wiking (5 Sep 1943 - 8 Oct 1943)
Monsun (3 Oct 1943 - 23 Nov 1943)
Eisenbart (28 Oct 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Boreas (28 Feb 1944 - 10 Mar 1944)
Thor (17 Mar 1944 - 26 Mar 1944)
Donner (17 Apr 1944 - 20 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 3 May 1944)
Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944)
Trutz (8 Jun 1944 - 10 Jul 1944)
Rasmus (6 Feb 1945 - 13 Feb 1945)
Hagen (13 Mar 1945 - 21 Mar 1945)
Faust (21 Apr 1945 - 29 Apr 1945)
General notes on this boat
4 Sep 1945. The last German unit surrendered. It was weather station 'Haudegen' (buccaneer) on Spitzbergen (now known as Svalbard), landed there by U-307 on 28 September 1944.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-307 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
13 Flotilla |
U-boat War Badge |
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