List of all U-boats
U-273
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 5 Dec 1941 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 38) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 2 Sep 1942 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 Oct 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Adolf Engel | ||||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 19 May 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 59.25N, 24.33W, by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (269 Sqn RAF/M). 46 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-273 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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