List of all U-boats
U-290
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 12 Oct 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 16 Jun 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Hartmut Strenger | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Flensburg in Kupfermühlen Bay. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
14 Jun 1944
An attack by a Norwegian Mosquito (333 Sqdn RAF/H, crew Erling U. Johansen and Lauritz Humlen) damaged U-290 and wounded eight of the crew. The boat reached base at Bergen, Norway two days later.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
14 Jun 1944
An attack by a Norwegian Mosquito (333 Sqdn RAF/H, crew Erling U. Johansen and Lauritz Humlen) damaged U-290 and wounded eight of the crew. The boat reached base at Bergen, Norway two days later.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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