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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-365Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 52 253
Construction YardFlensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard Number484
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid21st Apr 1942
Launched9th Mar 1943
Commissioned8th Jun 1943
Baubelehrung1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.43 - 02.445.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.44 - 06.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
06.44 - 12.4413.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
06.43 - 12.44OL Heimar Wedemeyer
11.44 - 12.44OL Diether Todenhagen
see also: U-48 U-1008 

Operations information for U-365
19.02.1944 - 22.02.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-365 left Kiel under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer on 19th Feb 1944 and arrived at Bergen on 22nd Feb 1944 after three days.
26.03.1944 - 05.04.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 26th Mar 1944, U-365 left Bergen under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer and returned to Bergen on 5th Apr 1944 after one and a half weeks on patrol.
08.04.1944 - 24.04.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-365 departed under Heimar Wedemeyer from Bergen on 8th Apr 1944 and arrived back at Bergen on 24th Apr 1944 after over two weeks on patrol.
01.05.1944 - 21.05.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-365 left Bergen under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer on 1st May 1944 and returned nearly three weeks later to Bergen on 21st May 1944.
03.06.1944 - 07.06.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 3rd Jun 1944, U-365 left Bergen under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer and arrived at Skjomenford on 7th Jun 1944 after four days.
23.06.1944 - 22.07.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-365 departed under Heimar Wedemeyer from Skjomenford on 23rd Jun 1944 and after just over four weeks arrived at Hammerfest on 22nd Jul 1944.
05.08.1944 - 25.08.1944
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-365 left Hammerfest under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer on 5th Aug 1944 and arrived back at Hammerfest on 25th Aug 1944 after nearly three weeks on patrol.
Heimar Wedemeyer hit three ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy, all of them from convoy BD-5.
  • On 12th Aug 1944 he sank the Soviet 625 ton T-118, sailing with convoy BD-5.
  • On 12th Aug 1944 he sank the Soviet 9,083 ton Marina Raskova, a member of convoy BD-5.
  • On 12th Aug 1944 he sank the Soviet 625 ton T-114, part of convoy BD-5.
27.08.1944 - 28.08.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 27th Aug 1944, U-365 left Hammerfest under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer and after one day arrived at Narvik on 28th Aug 1944.
28.09.1944 - 03.10.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-365 departed under Heimar Wedemeyer from Narvik on 28th Sep 1944 and arrived at Bogenbucht on 3rd Oct 1944 after five days.
07.10.1944 - 08.10.1944
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-365 left Bogenbucht under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer on 7th Oct 1944 and after one day arrived at Tromsö on 8th Oct 1944.
12.10.1944 - 11.11.1944
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 12th Oct 1944, U-365 left Tromsö under the command of Heimar Wedemeyer and arrived at Kilbotn on 11th Nov 1944 after over four weeks.
22.11.1944 - 13.12.1944
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-365 departed under Diether Todenhagen from Kilbotn on 22nd Nov 1944. The boat was sunk on 13th Dec 1944.
Diether Todenhagen hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy RA-62.
  • On 6th Dec 1944 he sank the Soviet 105 ton BO-230.
  • On 11th Dec 1944 he damaged the British 1,710 ton HMS Cassandra, from convoy RA-62.

Notes for U-365


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We have extra information on
6 relevant ships here:

MARINA RASKOVA

T-118

T-114

ESSINGTON HMS

BO-230

CASSANDRA HMS

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