German submarine U-360

Coordinates: 72°28′N 13°04′E / 72.467°N 13.067°E / 72.467; 13.067
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History
Nazi Germany
NameU-360
Ordered6 August 1940
BuilderFlensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard number479
Laid down9 August 1941
Launched28 July 1942
Commissioned12 November 1942
FateSunk by a British warship in Norwegian Sea on 2 April 1944[1]
General characteristics
Class and type
Type VIIC submarine
Displacement
Length
  • 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in)
    o/a
  • 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in)
    pressure hull
Beam
  • 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
  • 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power
  • 2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels)
  • 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
  • 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range
  • 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth
  • 230 m (750 ft)
  • Crush depth
    : 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament
Service record[2][3]
Part of:
Identification codes: M 50 507
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S.
     Hans-Jürgen Bühring
  • 12 November 1942 – 20 May 1943
  • Kptlt.
     Klaus-Helmuth Becker
  • 20 May 1943 – 2 April 1944
Operations:
  • 5 patrols:
  • 1st patrol:
  • 16 August – 24 September 1943
  • 2nd patrol:
  • 6 October – 19 November 1943
  • 3rd patrol:
  • 23 – 30 November 1943
  • 4th patrol:
  • a. 27 December 1943 – 28 January 1944
  • b. 30 January – 3 February 1944
  • 5th patrol:
  • 29 March – 2 April 1944
Victories:
  • 1 merchant ship damaged
    (7,153 GRT)
  • 1 warship damaged
    (1,540 tons)

German submarine U-360 was a

Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II
.

She carried out five patrols before being sunk in the Norwegian Sea by a British warship on 2 April 1944.

She was a member of five wolfpacks.

She damaged one ship and one warship.

Design

supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).[4]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).

anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.[4]

Service history

The submarine was laid down on 9 August 1941 at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg as yard number 479, launched on 28 July 1942 and commissioned on 12 November under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Jügen Bühring.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 12 November 1942 and the 13th flotilla from 1 July 1943.

First patrol

The boat's first patrol was preceded by trips from

Bear Island. She docked in Hammerfest
on 24 September.

Second and third patrols

Her second foray was a repeat of her first – finishing in Narvik on 19 November 1943.

The submarine's third patrol took her around Bear Island.

Fourth patrol

Sortie number four saw the boat damaging HMS Obdurate southeast of Bear Island on 25 January 1944. She also damaged the Fort Bellingham the next day. This ship was subsequently sunk by U-957.

Fifth patrol and loss

Having moved from Hammerfest to Trondheim, U-360 started her fifth patrol on 29 March 1944. On 2 April, she was sunk southwest of Bear Island by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Keppel.

51 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.[5]

Wolfpacks

U-360 took part in five wolfpacks, namely:

  • Monsun (8 – 21 October 1943)
  • Eisenbart (22 October – 17 November 1943)
  • Eisenbart (25 – 28 November 1943)
  • Isegrim (1 – 27 January 1944)
  • Blitz (30 March – 2 April 1944)

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage[Note 1] Fate[6]
25 January 1944 HMS Obdurate  Royal Navy 1,540 Damaged
26 January 1944 Fort Bellingham  United Kingdom 7,153 Damaged

References

Notes

  1. gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement
    .

Citations

  1. ^ Kemp 1999, p. 180.
  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-360". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-360". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
  5. ^ Hofmann, Markus. "U 360". Deutsche U-Boote 1935–1945 – u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-360". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

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