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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-312Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 13 550
Construction YardFlender Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems
Yard Number312
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid10th Apr 1942
Launched27th Feb 1943
Commissioned21st Apr 1943
Baubelehrung 3.KLA, Lübeck
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.43 - 11.438.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
12.43 - 12.436.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
01.44 - 08.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
09.44 - 05.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.43 - 12.44OL Kurt-Heinz Nicolay
see also: U-348 
12.44 - 02.45OL Friedrich-Georg Herrle
see also: U-393 
02.45 - 05.45OL Jürgen von Gaza

Operations information for U-312
13.01.1944 - 17.01.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-312 left Kiel under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay on 13th Jan 1944 and arrived at Bergen on 17th Jan 1944 after four days.
23.01.1944 - 04.02.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 23rd Jan 1944, U-312 left Bergen under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay and after more than one week arrived at Narvik on 4th Feb 1944.
07.02.1944 - 29.02.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-312 departed under Kurt-Heinz Nicolay from Narvik on 7th Feb 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on 29th Feb 1944 after just over three weeks.
15.03.1944 - 12.04.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-312 left Hammerfest under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay on 15th Mar 1944 and after four weeks arrived at Narvik on 12th Apr 1944.
29.04.1944 - 13.05.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Apr 1944, U-312 left Narvik under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay and arrived back at Narvik two weeks later on 13th May 1944.
14.05.1944 - 17.05.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-312 departed under Kurt-Heinz Nicolay from Narvik on 14th May 1944 and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 17th May 1944.
21.08.1944 - 24.08.1944
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-312 left Trondheim under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay on 21st Aug 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 24th Aug 1944 after three days.
07.09.1944 - 02.10.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 7th Sep 1944, U-312 left Narvik under the command of Kurt-Heinz Nicolay and returned three and a half weeks later to Narvik on 2nd Oct 1944.
17.10.1944 - 08.11.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-312 departed under Kurt-Heinz Nicolay from Narvik on 17th Oct 1944 and arrived back at Narvik just over three weeks later on 8th Nov 1944.
05.12.1944 - 08.12.1944
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-312 left Narvik under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 5th Dec 1944 and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 8th Dec 1944.
14.12.1944 - 04.01.1945
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 14th Dec 1944, U-312 left Trondheim under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and arrived back at Trondheim on 4th Jan 1945 after three weeks on patrol.
12.03.1945 - 09.04.1945
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-312 departed under Jürgen von Gaza from Narvik on 12th Mar 1945 and after four weeks arrived at Harstad on 9th Apr 1945.
16.04.1945 - 08.05.1945
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-312 left Harstad under the command of Jürgen von Gaza on 16th Apr 1945 and arrived at Narvik on 8th May 1945 after just over three weeks.

Notes for U-312


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