List of all U-boats
U-353
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Mar 1940 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 472) | ||||||||
| Launched | 11 Nov 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 31 Mar 1942 | Oblt. Wolfgang Römer | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 16 Oct, 1942 in the North Atlantic, in position 53.54N, 29.30W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 6 dead and 39 survivors. | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-353 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Panther (6 Oct 1942 - 12 Oct 1942)
Leopard (12 Oct 1942 - 16 Oct 1942)
General notes on this boat
16 Oct 1942. U-353 was the second U-boat to be sunk in the vicinity of convoy SC-104. U-661 had gone down with all hands the day before.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-353 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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