U-Boat Operations

U-801	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 51 307
Construction Yard	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Seebeckwerft), Wesermünde-Geestemünde
Yard Number	710
Ordered	7th Dec 1940
Keel laid	30th Sep 1941
Launched	31st Oct 1942
Commissioned	24th Mar 1943
Baubelehrung	6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.43 - 11.43	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 03.44	2.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
03.43 - 03.44	KL Hans-Joachim Brans

Operations information for U-801
06.11.1943 - 09.11.1943 First Sailing U-801 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Joachim Brans on 6th Nov 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 9th Nov 1943 after three days.
13.11.1943 - 08.01.1944 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 13th Nov 1943, U-801 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Joachim Brans and after eight weeks arrived at Lorient on 8th Jan 1944.
26.02.1944 - 17.03.1944 Third Sailing - active patrol U-801 departed under Hans-Joachim Brans from Lorient on 26th Feb 1944. U-801 was sunk on 17th Mar 1944.

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