List of all U-boats
U-349
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 29 Dec 1942 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 221) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 22 Jul 1943 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 8 Sep 1943 | Ltnt. Ernst Lottner | ||||||||||||
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Career No patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors. | |||||||||||||
Final location |
Wreck broken up in 1948.
Men lost from the boat
5 May 1945
When the boat was scuttled Obermaschinist Wilhelm Hegenbarth set the charges off and refused to leave the boat.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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