German submarine U-335

German submarine U-335 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December. After training between December 1941 and July 1942, U-335 departed Kiel harbour to conduct a war patrol in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 July 1942. However, after only three days, she was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine and lost with only one survivor.

Design and description
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. Type VIIC U-boats had a displacement of 769 t on the surface and 871 t while submerged. U-301 had a total length of 67.10 m, a pressure hull length of 50.50 m, a beam of 6.20 m, a height of 9.60 m, and a draught of 4.74 m. U-301's power was produced by two Germaniawerft F46 six-cylinder, four-stroke supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2800 to 3200 PS for use while surfaced, and two Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. RP 137/c double-acting electric motors producing 750 PS total for use while submerged. The submarine had two shafts and two 1.23 m propellers. U-301 could submerge to up to 230 m underwater.

U-301 had a maximum speed of 17.7 kn while surfaced and a maximum speed of 7.6 kn when submerged. The submarine had a range of 80 nmi at 4 kn while underwater; on the surface, she could travel 8500 nmi at 10 kn. U-301 was fitted with five 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four in the bow and one in the stern), fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, one 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds, and a 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The submarine had a complement of between 44 and 60 men.

Construction and career
Ordered on 15 August 1940, U-335 was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as yard number 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Herman Pilkner.

Between 17 December 1941 and 29 July 1942, U-335 conducted training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla. At the end of her training period, U-335 was assigned to join the 6th U-boat Flotilla, based in St.Nazaire, France. The boat's one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942. Atlantic-bound, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Saracen (P247) southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August. Forty-three men died; there was one survivor.