U-369

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down 6 Oct 1942 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 492)
Launched17 Aug 1943
Commissioned15 Oct 1943Oblt. Ludwig Schaafhausen
Commanders
15 Oct 1943 - 15 Apr 1945  Kptlt. Ludwig Schaafhausen
16 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Hans-Norbert Schunck
CareerNo patrols15 Oct 1943 - 28 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Kristiansand Süd, Norway to Scapa Flow on 29 May,1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 30 Nov, 1945 in position 55.31N, 07.27W.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-369 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.