List of all U-boats
U-387
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 21 Nov 1940 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 5 Sep 1941 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 18) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 1 Oct 1942 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 24 Nov 1942 | Oblt. Rudolf Büchler | ||||||||||||
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Career 10 patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 9 December 1944 in the Barents Sea east of the Rybachy Peninsula, in position 69.41N, 33.12E, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Bamborough Castle. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-387 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Monsun (4 Oct 1943 - 5 Oct 1943)
Eisenbart (23 Oct 1943 - 5 Dec 1943)
Eisenbart (7 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944)
Donner & Keil (21 Apr 1944 - 3 May 1944)
Trutz (23 May 1944 - 31 May 1944)
Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944)
Feuer (17 Sep 1944 - 17 Sep 1944)
Zorn (29 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Grimm (1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944)
Panther (17 Oct 1944 - 7 Nov 1944)
Stier (25 Nov 1944 - 9 Dec 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
19 Jul 1944
A Norwegian Sunderland flying boat from Sullom Voe, Shetland (Sqdn 330, pilot Bredo Thurmann-Nielsen) attacked. Damage forced the boat to make for Trondheim for repairs. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 597)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-387 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Figure on Shield |
The Olympic Rings - Crew 36 |
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