List of all U-boats
U-339
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 17 Dec 1940 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 7 Jul 1941 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 211) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 30 Jun 1942 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 25 Aug 1942 | Oblt. Georg-Wilhelm Basse | ||||||||||||
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Career 1 patrol |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Decommissioned on 23 February 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, western entrance to Readerschleuse. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
26 Mar 1943
The boat was seriously damaged by six depth charges from a British Catalina from the Faeroe Islands (190 Sqn RAF, pilot J. Fish), and was forced to return to Trondheim, Norway. U-339 was classed unfit for service and was then transported to Kiel, arriving 9 April. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 270)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-339 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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