U-394
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 31 Mar 1942 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 26) | ||||
| Launched | 19 Jun 1943 | |||||
| Commissioned | 7 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Ernst-Günther Unterhorst | ||||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 7 Aug 1943 - 31 Mar 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Apr 1944 - 31 May 1944 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jun 1944 - 2 Sep 1944 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 2 Sept, 1944 in the Norwegian Sea south-east of Jan Mayen island, Norway, in position 69.47N, 04.10E, by rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) from the British escort carrier HMS Vindex and the British estroyers HMS Keppel and HMS Whitehall and the British sloops HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-394 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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