Patrol info for U-637
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 23 Apr 1945 | Stavanger | 28 Apr 1945 | Stavanger | 6 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Kptlt. Wolfgang Riekeberg |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-637
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We have 2 daily positions for the 6 days U-637 was at sea.
Departure from Stavanger on 23 Apr 1945.
24 Apr 1945 - 25 Apr 1945 - 26 Apr 1945 - 27 Apr 1945 -
Arrival at Stavanger on 28 Apr 1945.
Ships hit by U-637 during this patrol
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General Events during this patrol
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Attacks on U-637 during this patrol
26 Apr 1945
Norwegian MTB's (motor torpedo boats) 711 and 723 claim sunk a German U-boat near Utsira, Norway. This attack was in fact aganst the U-637 which survived. The commander of the U-boat shot him self fatally after being seriously wounded in the face. The Engineering officer brought the boat to shore. Several men were lost in this action. [Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Riekeberg] (Sources: Klart til kamp, Helge Storm Bjercke (1954). Axel Niestlé.)
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