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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-253Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 33 347
Construction YardVulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen
Yard Number18
Ordered23rd Sep 1939
Keel laid15th Nov 1940
Launched30th Aug 1941
Commissioned21st Oct 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
10.41 - 08.428.U-Flottille, Königsberg & Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.42 - 09.426.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
10.41 - 09.42OL Adolf Friedrichs

Operations information for U-253
12.09.1942 - 25.09.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-253 left Kiel under the command of Adolf Friedrichs on 12th Sep 1942. The boat was lost on 25th Sep 1942.

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