German submarine U-287

German submarine U-287 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 8 August 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 52. She was launched on 13 August 1943 and commissioned on 22 September under the command of Oberleutnant Heinrich Meyer.

She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was sunk by a mine in May 1945 in the Elbe estuary. (Other sources say she was scuttled).

Service history
U-287 served with the 24th U-boat Flotilla for training from September 1943 to February 1945 and operationally with the 31st flotilla from 1 March.

The boat's only patrol was preceded by two short voyages from Kiel in April 1945 to Horten and Kristiansand in Norway (the former being located northeast of Kristiansand).

Patrol and loss
The boat departed Kristiansand on 29 April 1945 and was sunk by a mine on 16 May - other sources say she was scuttled in the Attenbuch roadstead (see above).