List of all U-boats
U-380
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 16 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 11) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 5 Nov 1941 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 22 Dec 1941 | Kptlt. Josef Röther | ||||||||||||
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Career 11 patrols |
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Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,063 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,191 GRT 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,178 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 11 March 1944 at the Missiessy Docks in Toulon, France, in position 43.07N, 05.55E, by bombs during US air raid (15th AF). 1 dead, unknown number of survivors. | |||||||||||||
Loss position |
Wreck raised in 1944 and broken up.
Wolfpack operations
U-380 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Stier (29 Aug 1942 - 2 Sep 1942)
Vorwärts (2 Sep 1942 - 25 Sep 1942)
Delphin (5 Nov 1942 - 12 Nov 1942)
Wal (12 Nov 1942 - 15 Nov 1942)
Attacks on this boat and other events
12 Sep 1942
Depth charges from escorts of convoy ON 127 damaged the boat, causing a diesel engine to fail, forcing the boat to abandon its attack. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 31.)
11 Mar 1944
Sunk on 11 March 1944 at the Missiessy Docks in Toulon, France, in position 43.07N, 05.55E by bombs during US air raid (15th AAF). There was one fatality. [Maschinenmaat Jonny Christoph]
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
10 May 1943. On 10 May 1943 in the Mediterranean, U-380 rescued five German soldiers escaping from Tunisia in a small boat. She brought them to port at La Spezia, Italy on 16 May.
Men lost from the boat
11 Mar 1944
Sunk on 11 March 1944 at the Missiessy Docks in Toulon, France, in position 43.07N, 05.55E by bombs during US air raid (15th AAF). There was one fatality. [Maschinenmaat Jonny Christoph]
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.
4 leaf Clover |
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