U-360

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered6 Aug 1940
Laid down 9 Aug 1941 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 479)
Launched28 Jul 1942
Commissioned12 Nov 1942Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bühring
Commanders
12 Nov 1942 - May, 1943  Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bühring
May, 1943 - 2 Apr 1944  Kptlt. Klaus-Helmuth Becker
Career5 patrols 12 Nov 1942 - 30 Jun 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1943 - 2 Apr 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship damaged for a total of 7,153 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 1,540 tons
Fate

Sunk 2 April, 1944 in the Norwegian Sea south-west of Bear Island, in position 72.28N, 13.04E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Keppel. 51 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-360 - View the 5 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-360 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.