U-267

Type

VIIC

Ordered

15 Aug 1940

Laid down

9 Aug 1941

Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 32)

Launched

23 May 1942

Commissioned

11 Jul 1942

Oblt. Otto Tinschert

Commanders

11 Jul 1942	-	13 Jul 1943	Kptlt. Otto Tinschert
14 Jul 1943	-	26 Nov 1943	Oblt. Ernst von Witzendorff
27 Nov 1943	-	6 Jul 1944	Kptlt. Otto Tinschert
23 Sep 1944	-	5 May 1945	Oblt. (R) Bernhard Knieper

Career
7 patrols

11 Jul 1942	-	31 Jan 1943	8. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1943	-	6 Jul 1944	7. Flottille (active service)
23 Sep 1944	-	5 May 1945	33. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Decommissioned on 6 July 1944 at St. Nazaire and laid up in the U-boat pen, later repaired and returned to service on 23 September 1944.

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay. Wreck broken up.

Final location

View the 7 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-267 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Landsknecht (19 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
   Pfeil (1 Feb 1943 - 7 Feb 1943)
   Without name (27 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
   Adler (7 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943)
   Meise (13 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
   Amsel (2 May 1943 - 3 May 1943)
   Amsel 1 (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
   Elbe (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
   Elbe 1 (10 May 1943 - 14 May 1943)
   Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried 2 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
   Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
   Tirpitz 1 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
   Eisenhart 9 (9 Nov 1943 - 11 Nov 1943)
   Preussen (7 Mar 1944 - 22 Mar 1944)

Attacks on this boat and other events

5 Feb 1943
The boat was depth charged by escorts in mid Atlantic and damaged so severely it was forced to return to base, reaching St. Nazaire on 18 Feb.

29 Mar 1943
The boat was attacked by convoy escorts in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damage.

7 Jul 1943
Off Finisterre, due west: a British Catalina (RAF Sqdn 210, pilot John A. Cruickshank) depth charged the boat (reported to be sailing unalert on the surface). The boat dived and escaped the attack, but was severely damaged and resurfaced to report the damage and abandon the patrol. The boat managed partial repairs at sea and managed to elude more attackers sent to hunt her, reaching St Nazaire on 13 July. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 388)

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

23 Sep 1944. This was the last U-boat to leave the base at St. Nazaire on 23 Sept. 1944 (U-255 remained and eventually surrendered there in May 1945). She arrived at Stavanger, Norway 29 Oct.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date.

Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-267 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.