Så
sent som i 1945 begynte Kriegsmarine å innse at krigen snart var tapt.
Etter at Frankrike var gjenerobret av de allierte etter landgangen i
Normandie, sendte tyskerne ubåtene fra Frankrike til Norge. Dette ga
kanskje tyskerne en bedre mulighet til å kunne angripe de nordgående
konvoiene, men muligheten kom dessverre for sent i krigen til å
gi noen positive resultater. U 1053 tilhørte 5 flotille og
forsvant under et treningsoppdrag med dypdykking nær Bergen den 15 februar
1945. Ombord på ubåten var kommandant Oberleutnant zur see Helmut Lange
og en besetning på førtifem mann. Alle omkom i denne ulykken. Posisjonen
er oppgitt til N 60 22 E 05 10, og vraket ble funnet på midten
av 90- tallet...
In
late 1945 the Kriegsmarine realized that the war was soon lost. After France
had been recaptured by the Allies after the invasion in Normandie,
the Germans sent their submarines from France
to Norway.
This gave the possibly that the Germans had a better possibility
to attack the northbound convoys, but it was to
late in the war to give any positive results. U 1053 belonged to
5 flotille and disappeared
under an exercise with deep diving near
Bergen on February
15th 1945. On board the submarine was commandant Oberleutnant
zur see Helmut Lange and a crew of forty
five men. All perished in this accident. The position is given to
to N 60 22 E 05 10,
and the wreck was located in the mid 90`s...
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Helmut Lange
Born 31 aug 1916, Tilsit.
Crew 1937. Oberlutnant zur See 1 sep. 1941
Died 15 feb. 1945 in the Norwegian sea.
Commands: U 72, 20 nov. 1942 - 14 dec. 1943
No war patrols.
U 1053, 12 feb. 1944 - 15 feb. 1945 No war patrols.
With over 650 boats build, the Type VII was the most important submarine
in the German Kriegsmarine. Built
between 1936 and 1944 those boats mainly operated in the North Atlantic,
and were known for the so called
"Rudeltaktik" - a simultaneous night attack of several surfaces
U-Boats on allied convoys. Besides torpedo attacks they could also
be used for mine laying and were well known for their maneuverability
and fast diving speed. Shortly after the introduction of the first
model a improved version with a better maneuverability ( Type VIIB
) was built. The most built variant was the Type VIIC whose variant
Type VIIC/41 was made of thicker steel to increase the diving depth.
Other variants include the mine laying Type VIID and the torpedo supply
variant Type VIIF. Today, one of those boats, U995, is on display
in Laboe, Germany.
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and their commanders? Visit this great site...
U-boat Net
5 flotille
05.42 - 05.45
Bergen (Norway)
Fregkpt. Hans Cohausz
Fregkpt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.
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