U-Boat Operations

U-360	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 50 507
Construction Yard	Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard Number	479
Ordered	6th Aug 1940
Keel laid	9th Aug 1941
Launched	28th Jul 1942
Commissioned	12th Nov 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel / 1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.42 - 06.43	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
07.43 - 04.44	13.U-Flottille, Trondheim Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
11.42 - 05.43	OL Klaus-Jürgen Bühring
05.43 - 04.44	OL Klaus Becker see also: U-235

Operations information for U-360
07.08.1943 - 10.08.1943 First Sailing - active patrol U-360 left Kiel under the command of Klaus Becker on 7th Aug 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 10th Aug 1943 after three days.
12.08.1943 - 15.08.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 12th Aug 1943, U-360 left Bergen under the command of Klaus Becker and after three days arrived at Narvik on 15th Aug 1943.
16.08.1943 - 24.09.1943 Third Sailing - active patrol U-360 departed under Klaus Becker from Narvik on 16th Aug 1943 and arrived at Hammerfest on 24th Sep 1943 after five and a half weeks.
06.10.1943 - 19.11.1943 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-360 left Hammerfest under the command of Klaus Becker on 6th Oct 1943 and after over six weeks arrived at Narvik on 19th Nov 1943.
23.11.1943 - 30.11.1943 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 23rd Nov 1943, U-360 left Narvik under the command of Klaus Becker and arrived back at Narvik one week later on 30th Nov 1943.
27.12.1943 - 28.01.1944 Sixth Sailing - active patrol U-360 departed under Klaus Becker from Narvik on 27th Dec 1943 and after four and a half weeks arrived at Hammerfest on 28th Jan 1944. Klaus Becker hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy JW-56A. On 25th Jan 1944 he damaged the British 1,540 ton HMS Obdurate, sailing with convoy JW-56A. On 26th Jan 1944 he damaged the British 7,153 ton Fort Bellingham, a member of convoy JW-56A.
30.01.1944 - 03.02.1944 Seventh Sailing U-360 left Hammerfest under the command of Klaus Becker on 30th Jan 1944 and arrived at Trondheim on 3rd Feb 1944 after four days.
29.03.1944 - 02.04.1944 Eighth Sailing - active patrol On the 29th Mar 1944, U-360 left Trondheim under the command of Klaus Becker. The boat was sunk on 2nd Apr 1944.

Notes for U-360

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