U-Boat Operations

U-208	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 45 333
Construction Yard	F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	637
Ordered	16th Oct 1939
Keel laid	5th Aug 1940
Launched	21st May 1941
Commissioned	5th Jul 1941
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel / Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.41 - 09.41	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.41 - 12.41	1.U-Flottille, Brest Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.41 - 12.41	OL Alfred Schlieper

Operations information for U-208
29.09.1941 - 12.11.1941 First Sailing - active patrol U-208 left Kiel under the command of Alfred Schlieper on 29th Sep 1941 and arrived at Brest on 12th Nov 1941 after over six weeks. Alfred Schlieper hit one ship on this patrol from convoy ON-27. On 2nd Nov 1941 he sank the British 3,872 ton Larpool, sailing with convoy ON-27.
03.12.1941 - 07.12.1941 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 3rd Dec 1941, U-208 left Brest under the command of Alfred Schlieper. The boat was lost on 7th Dec 1941.

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