WW2 Plate U-262 Kriegsmarine U-BOAT Tray Submarine Flotilla GERMAN Navy MARINE 5
WW2 Plate U-262 Kriegsmarine U-BOAT Tray Submarine Flotilla GERMAN Navy MARINE 5 Unterseebootsflottille 230x165x40 mm Silver Plated Alpacca Alloy, NOT Sterling Silver 398 g? German submarine U-262 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 29 May 1941 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 27. She was launched on 10 March 1942 and commissioned on 15 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Günther Schiebusch.
Having moved from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway in September 1942, U-262's first patrol was marked by an unsuccessful attack by two Lockheed Hudsons, but the damage inflicted was serious enough to warrant an early return to Bergen. Her second foray followed the Norwegian coast to Narvik but was otherwise uneventful. The U-boat sailed from Narvik on 5 November 1942, now under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Heinz Franke, and headed out to the waters east of Newfoundland, sailing first west from Narvik then north, parallel to the eastern Greenland coast; after that turning about, negotiating the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. On 18 November, as part of wolfpack Kreuzotter, she attacked the Convoy ONS 144, firing a spread of three torpedoes, one of which hit the Norwegian Flower-class corvette HNoMS Montbretia, fatally damaging the vessel. John's on 26 November.U-262 arrived at her new home port of La Pallice on the French Atlantic coast on 9 December 1942. The U-boat departed La Pallice on 16 January 1943 for a patrol out into the mid-Atlantic.
On 15 April, while en route, she was shadowing Convoy HX 233, when the U-boat was attacked by depth charges and gunfire from the convoy escorts, forcing her to break off the attack. The U-boat then completed her mission, but no escaped POWs showed up at the rendezvous. U-262 left La Pallice next on 24 July 1943, commanded by the newly promoted Kapitänleutnant Heinz Franke, and headed across the Atlantic. On 8 August U-262 was waiting to refuel from U-664 while U-760 was being supplied, when a Grumman TBF Avenger/Grumman F4F Wildcat team from the aircraft carrier USS Card located the boats and attacked U-262. While attempting to drop depth charges, the Avenger was hit by flak and caught fire, but managed to drop two charges, severely damaging U-262, before ditching into the sea.
The Wildcat was also shot down by U-262 during a strafing run. The U-boat sailed on 14 October 1943 for the waters northeast of the Azores. There she was involved in attacks on three Allied convoys. Franke's actions in this patrol were marked by efficient shadowing and determined attacks, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Under a new commander, Oblt. Helmut Wieduwilt, U-262 covered the area southwest of Iceland on 3 February 1944, but had no success. U-262's next patrol was similarly uneventful, but lasted only 10 days from 6-15 June. She did not leave the Bay of Biscay. After an air raid killed three and wounded one of her crew, the U-boat sailed from La Pallice on 23 August 1944, north to the area south of Iceland, before heading east and south through the North Sea to Flensburg, arriving on 5 November after 75 days. While at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland) in December 1944 the U-boat was again damaged by bombing. Struck from the active list at Kiel on 2 April 1945, she was broken up in 1947. Perfect item for museum or YOUR private collection!Collectibles and antiques - the best investment! + individual discounts for dealers! Please write your questions BEFORE.
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