German submarine U-355 [SEP] manufacturer
German submarine U-355
German submarine "U-355" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down in May 1940 at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg, launched in July 1941, and commissioned in October under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Günter La Baume. After training with the "5th U-boat Flotilla", "U-355" was transferred to the "11th U-boat Flotilla", based at Bergen in Norway, for
damaging the submarine. The next day the German submarine U-14 (1935) launched a torpedo at "Sep", but it exploded prematurely. On 4 September "Orzel"'s captain, Lieutenant Commander Henryk Kłoczkowski, deemed it impossible to continue with the operation in his sector, and decided to withdraw into the Baltic Sea. The submarine was attacked by the German minesweepers "M3" and "M4". One depth charge exploded just above "Orzel", knocking out all lights and sending it crashing into the sea bed