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U-861
The
last U-boat to travel to the Far East and return safely more than a year after
her departure.
Type: IX D2
Built: AG Weser, Bremen
Keel laid: 15 July 1942
Launched: 29 April 1943
Commissioned: 2 September 1943
Commander: KK Jürgen Osten
Fate: U-861 departed Kiel on 20 April 1944 bound for the U-boat base at
Penang on the Malayan peninsula, carrying supplies for the base and tin for the
Japanese. She arrived at Penang 23 September 1944 after sinking en route four
Allied merchantmen (over 22,000 tons). On 15 January 1945 she began the return
trip with a load of rubber. Despite the lack of a snorkel, she eluded Allied
patrols and arrived in Trondheim on 24 April 1945. U-861 was then turned
over to British control and scuttled north of Ireland on 8 December 1945.
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