List of all U-boats
U-354
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 15 Apr 1940 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 473) | ||||||||||||||||
Launched | 10 Jan 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 22 Apr 1942 | Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Herbschleb | ||||||||||||||||
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Career 11 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,176 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,300 tons 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,771 GRT 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 11,420 tons | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 24 August 1944 in the Barents Sea north-east of North Cape, in position 72.49N, 30.41E, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Mermaid and the British frigate HMS Loch Dunvegan. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||||||
Loss position |
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk by the British Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn 825/X) of the escort carrier HMS Vindex on 22 August, 1944 in position 74.54N, 15.26E. (Axel Niestlé & Eric Zimmerman, June 2011)
Notes. This attack was in fact responsible for the loss of U-344.
Wolfpack operations
U-354 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Eisbär (27 Mar 1943 - 1 Apr 1943)
Wiking (4 Aug 1943 - 15 Sep 1943)
Eisenbart (1 Nov 1943 - 4 Dec 1943)
Eisenbart (8 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Boreas (9 Mar 1944 - 10 Mar 1944)
Hammer (10 Mar 1944 - 5 Apr 1944)
Donner (5 Apr 1944 - 11 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 2 May 1944)
Trutz (22 Aug 1944 - 24 Aug 1944)
Men lost from the boat
11 Nov 1942
A crew member was washed overboard and drowned after his safety belt broke in heavy seas in the Denmark Strait at 1800hrs. [Fähnrich zur See Horst Meyn]
12 Mar 1943
A man from U-354 took his own life. [Maschinenmaat Helmut Richter]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
The Polar Bear - 11th Flotilla |
Demon with Fork |
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