U-Boat Operations

U-1276	Type VIIC/41
Feldpost Number	M 07 089
Construction Yard	Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen
Yard Number	71
Ordered	13th Jun 1942
Keel laid	13th Jul 1943
Launched	25th Feb 1944
Commissioned	6th Apr 1944
Baubelehrung	6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.44 - 10.44	8.U-Flottille, Danzig Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.44 - 02.45	11.U-Flottille, Bergen Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.44 - 02.45	OL Karl-Heinz Wendt

Operations information for U-1276
04.11.1944 - 11.11.1944 First Sailing U-1276 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Heinz Wendt on 4th Nov 1944 and arrived at return on 11th Nov 1944 after one week.
15.11.1944 - 17.11.1944 Second Sailing On the 15th Nov 1944, U-1276 left Horten under the command of Karl-Heinz Wendt and after two days arrived at return on 17th Nov 1944.
19.11.1944 - 20.11.1944 Third Sailing U-1276 departed under Karl-Heinz Wendt from Kristiansand on 19th Nov 1944 and arrived at return on 20th Nov 1944 after one day.
16.01.1945 - 17.01.1945 Fourth Sailing U-1276 left Farsund under the command of Karl-Heinz Wendt on 16th Jan 1945 and after one day arrived at return on 17th Jan 1945.
19.01.1945 - 22.01.1945 Fifth Sailing On the 19th Jan 1945, U-1276 left Bergen under the command of Karl-Heinz Wendt and arrived at return on 22nd Jan 1945 after three days.
28.01.1945 - 20.02.1945 Sixth Sailing U-1276 departed under Karl-Heinz Wendt from Bergen on 28th Jan 1945 and after over three weeks arrived at return on 20th Feb 1945. Karl-Heinz Wendt hit one ship on this patrol from convoy HX-337. On 20th Feb 1945 he sank the British 925 ton HMS Vervain, sailing with convoy HX-337.

Notes for U-1276

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