German submarine U-290

History
Name	U-290
Ordered	5 June 1941
Builder	Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Yard number	55
Laid down	12 October 1942
Launched	16 June 1943
Commissioned	14 July 1943
Fate	Scuttled in May 1945 in Flensburg Fjord
General characteristics
Type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced; 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a; 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a; 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490; 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296.
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced; 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced; 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	list error: <br /> list (help); 230 m (750 ft); Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	44–52 officers and ratings
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern); • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines; • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds); • Various AA guns
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); 8th U-boat Flotilla; (24 July 1943–30 April 1944); 6th U-boat Flotilla; (1 May–31 July 1944); 11th U-boat Flotilla; (1 August–27 August 1944); 8th U-boat Flotilla; (28 August 1944–15 February 1945); 4th U-boat Flotilla; (16 February–3 May 1945)
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kptlt. Hartmut Strenger; (24 July–26 December 1943); Oblt. Helmut Herglotz; (27 December 1943–April 1945); Oblt. (R) Heinz Baum; (April–4 May 1945)
Operations:	list error: <br /> list (help); Three patrols:; 1 June–16 June 1944; 7 September–5 November 1944; 1 January–29 January 1945
Victories:	None

German submarine U-290 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 12 October 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 55. She was launched on 16 June 1943 and commissioned on 24 July under the command of Oberleutnant Hartmut Strenger.^[1]

She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord in May 1945.

Service history

U-290 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from July 1943 to April 1944 and operationally with the 6th flotilla from 1 May. She was reassigned to the 11th flotilla in August. She was transferred twice more, first back to the 8th flotilla in late August, then the 4th flotilla in mid-February 1945.

1st patrol

The boat's initial foray, which was preceded by a short voyage from Kiel to Egersund (southeast of Stavanger) in Norway, began with her departure from the Nordic port on 1 June 1944 and finished at Bergen on 16 June.

She had been attacked by a Norwegian De Haviland Mosquito of No. 333 Squadron RAF on 14 June. Eight of her crew were wounded.

A series of brief journeys then followed, between Bergen, Kristiansand, Kiel and Gotenhafen (now Gdynia in Poland).

2nd patrol

She departed Gotenhafen on 7 September 1944. After patrolling the Baltic, she docked at Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland) on 5 November.

3rd patrol and fate

After sailing to Libau in western Latvia,^[3] she departed from there on 1 January 1945, arriving in Kiel on the 29th.

She was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay, part of Flensburg Fjord, in May 1945.

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "The Type VIIC boat U-290 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-290 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, ISBN 0 7230 0809 4, p. 20

Bibliography

External links

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Type VIID	U-213 U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218
Type VIIF	U-1059 U-1060 U-1061 U-1062
Preceded by: Type II Followed by: Type IX List of U-boats of Germany