Patrol info for U-703
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 17 Aug 1943 | Hammerfest | 9 Oct 1943 | Harstad | 54 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Joachim Brünner |
2WO Ltn. Heinrich Schlott |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-703
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We have 56 daily positions for the 54 days U-703 was at sea.
Departure from Hammerfest on 17 Aug 1943.
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Arrival at Harstad on 9 Oct 1943.
Wolfpack operations during this patrol
U-703 operated with the following Wolfpacks during this patrol
Wiking (20 Sep 1943 - 3 Oct 1943)
Ships hit by U-703 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1943 | U-703 | Joachim Brünner | Sergej Kirov | 4,146 |  | sj | VA-18 | |
| 4,146 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (4,146 tons). | ||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1943
7 Oct 1943. U-703 picked up three survivors from Hope Island in the Arctic Sea (Grid AC 12). The three people (two men and a woman) were the last survivors from the Soviet steamer Dekabrist, which had been sunk on 5 Nov, 1942, nearly a year previously (!), by a JU 88 aircraft. The entire crew had escaped to this island. In May 1943 they were detected by an He-111 aircraft and on 24 July, 1943, U-354 picked up the ship's master, leaving the remaining survivors behind but providing food and vitamin tablets. When U-703 reached the island in September, three of those stranded still lived. The U-boat crew enjoyed watching these people, with the help of lots of food and care, come slowly back to human civilization after living nearly a year on such an island.
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Attacks on U-703 during this patrol
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