German submarine U-273

German submarine U-273 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 5 December 1941 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 38, she was launched on 2 September 1942 and commissioned on 21 October under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Adolf Engel.

Service history
U-273 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from October 1942 to April 1943, and served operationally with the 9th U-boat Flotilla from 1 May 1943.

U-273 sailed from Kiel under the command of Oblt. Hermann Rossmann, on 8 May 1943, arriving at Bergen, Norway, on 11 May. The next day she sailed out into the Atlantic on her first and only patrol and was sunk eight days later on 19 May with all hands, in position 59.41667°N, -24.55°W southwest of Iceland, by depth charges dropped from a Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF.