German submarine U-341

German submarine U-341 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She was a member of one wolfpack.

She did not sink or damage any ships.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 28 October 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as 'werk' 213, launched on 20 August 1942 and commissioned on 28 November 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant Dietrich Epp.

U-341 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla, for training and then with the 3rd flotilla for operations from 1 June.

1st patrol
U-341 sailed from Kiel on 25 May 1943, and out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Iceland / Faroe Islands 'gap'. Having moved all over the central north Atlantic without encountering any shipping, she arrived at La Pallice in occupied France, on 10 July.

2nd patrol and loss
For her second foray, U-341 departed La Pallice on 31 August 1943 and headed north. On 19 September, she was sunk by depth charges dropped by a Canadian B-24 Liberator of No. 10 Squadron RCAF southwest of Iceland.

Fifty men died; there were no survivors