U-472
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 15 Nov, 1941 | Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 303) | ||
| Launched | 6 Mar, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 26 May, 1943 | Oblt. Wolfgang-Friedrich Freiherr von Forstner | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 26 May, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943 5. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1944 - 4 Mar, 1944 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk (Scuttled?) 4 March, 1944 in the Barents Sea south-east of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73.05N, 26.40E, by gunfire and rockets from the British destroyer HMS Onslaught and Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 816) of the escort carrier HMS Chaser. 23 dead and 30 survivors. | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-472 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |