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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-354Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 46 036
Construction YardFlensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard Number473
Ordered9th Oct 1939
Keel laid15th Apr 1940
Launched10th Jan 1942
Commissioned22nd Apr 1942
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.42 - 09.425.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.42 - 10.421.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
10.42 - 05.4311.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
06.43 - 08.4413.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.42 - 02.44KL Karl-Heinz Herbschleb
see also: U-21 
02.44 - 08.44OL Hans-Jürgen Sthamer

Operations information for U-354
10.10.1942 - 13.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb on 10th Oct 1942 and arrived at return on 13th Oct 1942 after three days.
17.10.1942 - 20.10.1942
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Oct 1942, U-354 left Bergen under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb and after three days arrived at return on 20th Oct 1942.
29.10.1942 - 30.11.1942
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Karl-Heinz Herbschleb from Skjomenfjord on 29th Oct 1942 and arrived at return on 30th Nov 1942 after four and a half weeks.
Karl-Heinz Herbschleb hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 4th Nov 1942 he sank the American 7,179 ton William Clark.
19.12.1942 - 15.01.1943
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Narvik under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb on 19th Dec 1942 and after nearly four weeks arrived at return on 15th Jan 1943.
18.01.1943 - 20.01.1943
Fifth Sailing
On the 18th Jan 1943, U-354 left Narvik under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb and arrived at return on 20th Jan 1943 after two days.
11.03.1943 - 04.04.1943
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Karl-Heinz Herbschleb from Trondheim on 11th Mar 1943 and after three and a half weeks arrived at return on 4th Apr 1943.
28.04.1943 - 30.04.1943
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Narvik under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb on 28th Apr 1943 and arrived at return on 30th Apr 1943 after two days.
09.05.1943 - 15.06.1943
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 9th May 1943, U-354 left Hammerfest under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb and after over five weeks arrived at return on 15th Jun 1943.
25.07.1943 - 27.07.1943
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Karl-Heinz Herbschleb from Trondheim on 25th Jul 1943 and arrived at return on 27th Jul 1943 after two days.
04.08.1943 - 22.09.1943
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Skjomenfjord under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb on 4th Aug 1943 and after seven weeks arrived at return on 22nd Sep 1943.
Karl-Heinz Herbschleb hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 27th Aug 1943 he damaged the Soviet 3,771 ton Petrovskij.
22.10.1943 - 23.10.1943
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 22nd Oct 1943, U-354 left Narvik under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb and arrived at return on 23rd Oct 1943 after one day.
25.10.1943 - 06.12.1943
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Karl-Heinz Herbschleb from Tromsö on 25th Oct 1943 and after six weeks arrived at return on 6th Dec 1943.
07.12.1943 - 01.01.1944
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Hammerfest under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb on 7th Dec 1943 and arrived at return on 1st Jan 1944 after three and a half weeks.
03.01.1944 - 04.01.1944
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 3rd Jan 1944, U-354 left Narvik under the command of Karl-Heinz Herbschleb and after one day arrived at return on 4th Jan 1944.
02.03.1944 - 05.03.1944
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Hans-Jürgen Sthamer from Trondheim on 2nd Mar 1944 and arrived at return on 5th Mar 1944 after three days.
08.03.1944 - 12.04.1944
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Jürgen Sthamer on 8th Mar 1944 and after five weeks arrived at return on 12th Apr 1944.
18.04.1944 - 03.05.1944
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 18th Apr 1944, U-354 left Narvik under the command of Hans-Jürgen Sthamer and arrived at return on 3rd May 1944 after just over two weeks.
06.05.1944 - 10.05.1944
Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 departed under Hans-Jürgen Sthamer from Narvik on 6th May 1944 and after four days arrived at return on 10th May 1944.
24.06.1944 - 28.06.1944
Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-354 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Jürgen Sthamer on 24th Jun 1944 and arrived at return on 28th Jun 1944 after four days.
30.06.1944 - 28.07.1944
Twentieth Sailing - active patrol
On the 30th Jun 1944, U-354 left Bogenbucht under the command of Hans-Jürgen Sthamer and after four weeks arrived at return on 28th Jul 1944.
21.08.1944 - 24.08.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing
U-354 departed under Hans-Jürgen Sthamer from Narvik on 21st Aug 1944 and arrived at return on 24th Aug 1944 after three days.
Hans-Jürgen Sthamer hit two ships on this patrol.
  • On 22nd Aug 1944 he sank the British 1,300 ton HMS Bickerton.
  • On 22nd Aug 1944 he fatally damaged the British 11,420 ton HMS Nabob.

Notes for U-354


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6 relevant ships here:

WILLIAM CLARK

VANZETTI

PETROVSKIJ

NABOB HMS

BICKERTON HMS

MERMAID HMS

U 354 at commissioning
Courtesy Eric-Jan Bakker

Victory pennants
Courtesy Eric-Jan Bakker

Courtesy Eric-Jan Bakker

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