U-365

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 21 Apr 1942 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 484)
Launched9 Mar 1943
Commissioned8 Jun 1943Oblt. Heimar Wedemeyer
Commanders
8 Jun 1943 - 17 Nov 1944  Kptlt. Heimar Wedemeyer
18 Nov 1944 - 13 Dec 1944  Oblt. Diether Todenhagen
Career8 patrols 8 Jun 1943 - 29 Feb 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1944 - 8 Jun 1944  9. Flottille (front boat)
9 Jun 1944 - 13 Dec 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 7,540 GRT
3 warships sunk for a total of 1,355 tons
1 warship damaged for a total of 1,710 tons
Fate

Sunk 13 Dec, 1944 in the Arctic Ocean east of Jan Mayen, in position 70.43N, 08.07E, by depth charges from 2 Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 813/L/Q) from the British escort carrier HMS Campania. 50 dead (all hands lost).

See the 5 ships hit by U-365 - View the 8 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-365 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.
U-Boats at War. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001.