List of all U-boats
U-360
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
Ordered | 6 Aug 1940 | |||||||||||
Laid down | 9 Aug 1941 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 479) | ||||||||||
Launched | 28 Jul 1942 | |||||||||||
Commissioned | 12 Nov 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bühring | ||||||||||
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Career 5 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,153 GRT 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,540 tons | |||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 2 April 1944 in the Norwegian Sea south-west of Bear Island, in position 73.28N, 13.04E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Keppel. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-360 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Monsun (8 Oct 1943 - 21 Oct 1943)
Eisenbart (22 Oct 1943 - 17 Nov 1943)
Eisenbart (25 Nov 1943 - 28 Nov 1943)
Isegrim (1 Jan 1944 - 27 Jan 1944)
Blitz (30 Mar 1944 - 2 Apr 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-360 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Churchill with Bomb |
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