U-995 Type VIIC/41 at the Laboe Naval Memorial. This U-boat is almost identical to U-1278.
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Name | U-1278 |
Ordered | 13 June 1942 |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen |
Yard number | 73 |
Laid down | 12 August 1943 |
Launched | 15 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1944 |
Fate | Sunk on 17 February 1945 |
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Type | Type VIIC/41 submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 44-52 officers & ratings |
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Identification codes: | M 30 549 |
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Victories: | None |
German submarine U-1278 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 13 June 1942, and was laid down on 12 August 1943, at Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen, as yard number 73. She was launched on 15 April 1944, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Erich Müller-Bethke on 31 May 1944.[2]