U 322
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The
German Kriegsmarines U 322,
a type VIIC/41 type uboat, was laid down at Flender Werke
A.G in Lübeck in February 1943, and was launched in
December the same year. She was commissioned in February
1944 under command of Oberleutnant Gerhard Wysk and
training in 4.Flotille. In November 1944 she was
transferred to active service in 11.Flotille based in
Bergen,Norway. She did two war patrols, and sunk a three
Allied ships for a total of 19516 tons. On her second
patrol, she was spotted by the Canadian corvette HMCS
Calgary and sunk by depth charges in the English channel
29.December 1944. The whole crew of 52 men went down with
the uboat. The wreck was found in the 1990s, and it was
initially believed to be U-772, but it was later
identified as the U-322. The wreck rest today on a depth
of 40 to 53 meter west of Shetland Islands, south of
Weymouth.
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