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U-309

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun, 1941
Laid down 24 Jan, 1942 Flender-Werke, Lübeck (werk 309)
Launched5 Dec, 1942
Commissioned27 Jan, 1943Oblt. Hans-Gert Mahrholz
Commanders
27 Jan, 1943 - Aug, 1944  Oblt. Hans-Gert Mahrholz
Aug, 1944 - 16 Feb, 1945  Oblt. Herbert Loeder
Career11 patrols 27 Jan, 1943 - 31 Jul, 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov, 1943 - 1 Oct, 1944  9. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 16 Feb, 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship a total loss for a total of 7.219 GRT
Fate

Sunk 16 Feb, 1945 in the North Sea east of the Moray Firth, in position 58.09N, 02.23W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS St. John. 47 dead (all hands lost).

See the 1 ships hit by U-309 - View the 11 war patrols

Boat has been discovered
The wreck of this boat has almost certainly been discovered in early 2001 off the east coast of Scotland. See photos from that wreck at http://www.scapaflow.com/u309.html.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in April 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Annoucements related to this boat

U-309 found by divers? (6 Jul, 2001)

Men lost from the boat

30 Sep, 1943
One went missing in the North Atlantic while working out on the deck. [Mechanikergefreiter Erich Jungmann]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



Saint and The Sparrow, The Sinking of U-309, The

Skinner, Richard W.

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
The Saint and The Sparrow, The Sinking of U-309, Skinner, Richard W., 2003
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