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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-307Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 50 406
Construction YardFlender Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems
Yard Number307
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid5th Nov 1941
Launched30th Sep 1942
Commissioned18th Nov 1942
Baubelehrung 3.KLA, Lübeck
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.42 - 04.438.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
05.43 - 10.431.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
11.43 - 04.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
11.42 - 12.44OL Friedrich-Georg Herrle
see also: U-312 U-393 
12.44 - 04.45OL Erich Krüger

Operations information for U-307
29.06.1943 - 01.07.1943
First Sailing
U-307 left Kiel under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 29th Jun 1943 and arrived at Kristiansand-Marviken on 1st Jul 1943 after two days.
01.07.1943 - 01.07.1943
Second Sailing
On the 1st Jul 1943, U-307 left Kristiansand-Marviken under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and arrived at Lervik on the same day.
02.07.1943 - 02.07.1943
Third Sailing
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Lervik on 2nd Jul 1943 and arrived at Bergen on the same day.
03.07.1943 - 06.07.1943
Fourth Sailing
U-307 left Bergen under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 3rd Jul 1943 and after three days arrived at Narvik on 6th Jul 1943.
06.07.1943 - 07.07.1943
Fifth Sailing
On the 6th Jul 1943, U-307 left Narvik under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and arrived at Tromsö on 7th Jul 1943 after one day.
07.07.1943 - 08.07.1943
Sixth Sailing
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Tromsö on 7th Jul 1943 and after one day arrived at Hammerfest on 8th Jul 1943.
09.07.1943 - 12.07.1943
Seventh Sailing
U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 9th Jul 1943 and arrived back at Hammerfest on 12th Jul 1943 after three days.
16.07.1943 - 21.08.1943
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 16th Jul 1943, U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and returned just over five weeks later to Hammerfest on 21st Aug 1943.
02.09.1943 - 09.10.1943
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Hammerfest on 2nd Sep 1943 and arrived back at Hammerfest over five weeks later on 9th Oct 1943.
27.10.1943 - 09.12.1943
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 27th Oct 1943 and returned to Hammerfest on 9th Dec 1943 after just over six weeks on patrol.
12.12.1943 - 15.12.1943
Eleventh Sailing
On the 12th Dec 1943, U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and arrived at Trondheim on 15th Dec 1943 after three days.
23.02.1944 - 27.03.1944
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Trondheim on 23rd Feb 1944 and after more than four weeks arrived at Narvik on 27th Mar 1944.
16.04.1944 - 05.05.1944
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Narvik under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 16th Apr 1944 and arrived back at Narvik more than two weeks later on 5th May 1944.
25.05.1944 - 12.07.1944
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th May 1944, U-307 left Narvik under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and returned to Narvik on 12th Jul 1944 after nearly seven weeks on patrol.
02.08.1944 - 03.08.1944
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Narvik on 2nd Aug 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on 3rd Aug 1944 after one day.
04.08.1944 - 23.08.1944
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 4th Aug 1944 and returned more than two weeks later to Hammerfest on 23rd Aug 1944.
Friedrich-Georg Herrle hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 18th Aug 1944 he sank the Soviet 411 ton Ivan Papanin.
24.08.1944 - 25.08.1944
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 24th Aug 1944, U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and arrived at Narvik on 25th Aug 1944 after one day.
25.08.1944 - 31.08.1944
Eighteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Narvik on 25th Aug 1944 and after six days arrived at Tromsö on 31st Aug 1944.
09.09.1944 - 04.10.1944
Nineteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Tromsö under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 9th Sep 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on 4th Oct 1944 after three and a half weeks.
05.10.1944 - 06.10.1944
Twentieth Sailing - active patrol
On the 5th Oct 1944, U-307 left Hammerfest under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle and after one day arrived at Tromsö on 6th Oct 1944.
06.10.1944 - 07.10.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Friedrich-Georg Herrle from Tromsö on 6th Oct 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 7th Oct 1944 after one day.
08.10.1944 - 10.10.1944
Twentysecond Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Narvik under the command of Friedrich-Georg Herrle on 8th Oct 1944 and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 10th Oct 1944.
15.01.1945 - 20.01.1945
Twentythird Sailing - active patrol
On the 15th Jan 1945, U-307 left Trondheim under the command of Erich Krüger and arrived at Narvik on 20th Jan 1945 after five days.
24.01.1945 - 16.02.1945
Twentyfourth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Erich Krüger from Narvik on 24th Jan 1945 and returned over three weeks later to Narvik on 16th Feb 1945.
20.02.1945 - 28.02.1945
Twentyfifth Sailing - active patrol
U-307 left Narvik under the command of Erich Krüger on 20th Feb 1945 and arrived back at Narvik just over one week later on 28th Feb 1945.
12.03.1945 - 01.04.1945
Twentysixth Sailing - active patrol
On the 12th Mar 1945, U-307 left Narvik under the command of Erich Krüger and returned to Narvik on 1st Apr 1945 after nearly three weeks on patrol.
16.04.1945 - 29.04.1945
Twentyseventh Sailing - active patrol
U-307 departed under Erich Krüger from Narvik on 16th Apr 1945. On the 29th Apr 1945, U-307 was sunk.

Notes for U-307


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