U-294

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

14 Oct 1941

Laid down

22 Dec 1942

Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 59)

Launched

27 Aug 1943

Commissioned

4 Oct 1943

Oblt. Heinz Schütt

Commanders

4 Oct 1943

9 May 1945

Oblt. (R) Heinz Schütt

Career
5 patrols

4 Oct 1943	-	31 Jul 1944	8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944	-	5 Nov 1944	11. Flottille (active service)
6 Nov 1944	-	28 Feb 1945	13. Flottille (active service)
1 Mar 1945	-	8 May 1945	14. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered at Narvik, Norway on 9 May 1945.

Transferred to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, on 19 May and later to Lisahally.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 31 Dec, 1945 in position 55.44N, 08.40W.

Final location

View the 5 war patrols

The U-boats that were in the Narvik area at the end of the war were all moved to the Skjomenfjord upon Allied orders to avoid conflicts with the Norwegians on 12 May. On 15 May, a German convoy of five ships (the fleet tender Grille with the staff of FdU Norwegen aboard, the fleet oiler Kärnten, the repair ship Kamerun and the depot ships Huascaran and Stella Polaris) and 15 U-boats (U-278, U-294, U-295, U-312, U-313, U-318, U-363, U-427, U-481, U-668, U-716, U-968, U-992, U-997 and U-1165) left for transfer to Trondheim, but was intercepted after two days by the 9th Escort Group off the Norwegian coast and officially capitulated. While the ships were allowed to proceed to Trondheim, the U-boats were escorted to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, arriving on 19 May. All U-boats were later that month transferred to Lisahally or Loch Ryan for Operation Deadlight.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-294 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.