U-352
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 9 Oct, 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 11 Mar, 1940 | Flensburger Schiffsbau, Flensburg (werk 471) | ||
| Launched | 7 May, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 28 Aug, 1941 | Kptlt. Hellmut Rathke | ||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 28 Aug, 1941 - 1 Jan, 1942 3. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1942 - 9 May, 1942 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 9 May, 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 34.21N, 76.35W, by depth charges from the US Coast Guard cutter USS Icarus. 15 dead and 33 survivors. | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-352 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: Dive into History, Keatts, Henry C. and Farr, George C., 1994 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 |