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| U-386 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 50 010 |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 17 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 16th May 1941 |
| Launched | 19th Aug 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10th Oct 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 10.42 - 04.43 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 05.43 - 02.44 | 6.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 10.42 - 06.43 | OL Horst-Albrecht Kandler
see also: U-653 |
| 06.43 - 02.44 | OL Fritz Albrecht |
| Operations information for U-386 | 15.04.1943 - 11.05.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-386 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Albrecht Kandler on 15th Apr 1943 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 11th May 1943 after more than three weeks.
On 26th Apr 1943 in square AL 21, U-386 came under attack from an aircraft of USN VP-84 Squadron. U-386 was not damaged by the attack.
Hans-Albrecht Kandler hit one ship on this patrol from convoy RU-71.-
On 24th Apr 1943 he sank the British 1,997 ton Rosenborg, sailing with convoy RU-71.
| 29.06.1943 - 08.07.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Jun 1943, U-386 left St. Nazaire under the command of Fritz Albrecht and returned to St. Nazaire on 8th Jul 1943 after just over one week on patrol.
| 29.08.1943 - 08.10.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-386 departed under Fritz Albrecht from St. Nazaire on 29th Aug 1943 and arrived back at St. Nazaire on 8th Oct 1943 after more than five weeks on patrol.
| 26.12.1943 - 19.02.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-386 left St. Nazaire under the command of Fritz Albrecht on 26th Dec 1943. U-386 was sunk on 19th Feb 1944.
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| Notes for U-386 |
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