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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1302Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 38 782
Construction YardFlensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard Number495
Ordered2nd Apr 1942
Keel laid6th Mar 1943
Launched4th Apr 1944
Commissioned25th May 1944
Baubelehrung1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
05.44 - 12.444.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
01.45 - 03.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
05.44 - 03.45OL ~ KL Wolfgang Herwatz

Operations information for U-1302
22.01.1945 - 25.01.1945
First Sailing
U-1302 left Kiel under the command of Wolfgang Herwartz on 22nd Jan 1945 and arrived at return on 25th Jan 1945 after three days.
03.02.1945 - 07.03.1945
Second Sailing
On the 3rd Feb 1945, U-1302 left Horten under the command of Wolfgang Herwartz and after four and a half weeks arrived at return on 7th Mar 1945.
Wolfgang Herwartz hit three ships on this patrol, two of these ships were in convoy, both of them were from convoy SC-167.
  • On 28th Feb 1945 he sank the British 646 ton Norfolk Coast.
  • On 2nd Mar 1945 he sank the Norwegian 3,204 ton Novasli, sailing with convoy SC-167.
  • On 2nd Mar 1945 he sank the British 4,536 ton King Edgar, a member of convoy SC-167.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Novasli.

Notes for U-1302


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3 relevant ships here:

NORFOLK COAST

KING EDGAR

NOVASLI

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