List of all U-boats
U-252
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
Ordered | 23 Sep 1939 | |||||||||||
Laid down | 1 Nov 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 17) | ||||||||||
Launched | 14 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||
Commissioned | 4 Oct 1941 | Kptlt. Günther Schiebusch | ||||||||||
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Career 1 patrol |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,355 GRT | |||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk at 2230hrs on 14 April 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 47.00N, 18.14W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Stork and the British corvette HMS Vetch. 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
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General notes on this boat
6 Apr 1942. On 6 April, 1942, espionage agent Ib Riis was landed in Iceland by this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-252 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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