German submarine U-255

VII C

M 47 763

Vegesacker shipyard Vegesack

September 23, 1939

December 21, 1940

November 29, 1941

November 1941 - June 1943 Kptlt Reinhart Reche
June 1943 - August 1944 Oberleutnant Erich harmas
March 1945 - May 1945 First Lieutenant Helmuth Heinrich

15 patrols

10 ships ( 47.529 BRT)

U 255 was a German U- Boat Type VII C of the Navy, which was used during the Second World War.

History

U 255 was the sinking of ten merchant ships, including research and expedition vessel Akademik Shokalskiy, ( 47.529 BRT) a warship and the damage of another one of the most successful German submarines in Arctic waters. When Nordmeergeleitzug PQ 17 it sank three freighters with 18 386 GRT. On September 23, 1942 south of Jan Mayen was an attack by a " Catalina " aircraft of the Royal Navy, in which the boat was badly damaged and had to return it to its home port. On February 3, 1943 recessed from the Convoy RA 52 freighter Greylock ( 7460 BRT). In another air raid on March 11, 1944 two crew members were injured.

The boat was made after a new damage in August 1944 out of service and used in April 1945 as a minelayer. On 19 May 1945, the Royal Navy captured the boat, then it was sunk as one of 116 by the Royal Air Force aircraft in Operation Deadlight.

Commander

November 1941 - June 1943 Kptlt Reinhart Reche
June 1943 - August 1944 Oberleutnant Erich Harms
March 1945 - May 1945 First Lieutenant Helmuth Heinrich

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