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| U-290 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 53 114 |
| Construction Yard | Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen |
| Yard Number | 55 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 12th Oct 1942 |
| Launched | 16th Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24th Jul 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 07.43 - 04.44 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 05.44 - 07.44 | 6.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| 08.44 - 08.44 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| 08.44 - 02.45 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Frontboot (operational)
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| 02.45 - 05.45 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 07.43 - 12.43 | OL Hartmut Strenger |
| 12.43 - 04.45 | OL Helmut Herglotz
see also: U-2 U-1303 |
| 05.45 - 05.45 | OL Heinz Baum
see also: U-1197 U-1303 |
| Operations information for U-290 | 18.05.1944 - 20.05.1944
First Sailing
U-290 left Kiel under the command of Helmut Herglotz on 18th May 1944 and arrived at Egersund on 20th May 1944 after two days.
| 01.06.1944 - 16.06.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 1st Jun 1944, U-290 left Egersund under the command of Helmut Herglotz and after just over two weeks arrived at Bergen on 16th Jun 1944.
| 15.07.1944 - 17.07.1944
Third Sailing
U-290 departed under Helmut Herglotz from Bergen on 15th Jul 1944 and arrived at Kristiansand on 17th Jul 1944 after two days.
| 12.08.1944 - 13.08.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-290 left Kristiansand under the command of Helmut Herglotz on 12th Aug 1944 and after one day arrived at Kiel on 13th Aug 1944.
| 15.08.1944 - 17.08.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 15th Aug 1944, U-290 left Kiel under the command of Helmut Herglotz and arrived at Gotenhafen on 17th Aug 1944 after two days.
| 07.09.1944 - 05.11.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-290 departed under Helmut Herglotz from Gotenhafen on 7th Sep 1944 and after eight and a half weeks arrived at Danzig on 5th Nov 1944.
| 30.12.1944 - 31.12.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-290 left Danzig under the command of Helmut Herglotz on 30th Dec 1944 and arrived at Libau on 31st Dec 1944 after one day.
| 01.01.1945 - 29.01.1945
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 1st Jan 1945, U-290 left Libau under the command of Helmut Herglotz and after four weeks arrived at Kiel on 29th Jan 1945.
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