U-368
Type | VIIC | |||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug, 1941 | |||||||
| Laid down | 20 Aug, 1942 | Flensburger Schiffsbau, Flensburg (werk 491) | ||||||
| Launched | 16 Nov, 1943 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Jan, 1944 | Oblt. Wolfgang Schäfer | ||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 7 Jan, 1944 - 28 Feb, 1945 21. Flottille (school boat) 1 Mar, 1945 - 8 May, 1945 31. Flottille (training) | ||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||
| Fate | Surrendered. At Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 23 June, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-368 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: 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 |