U-476
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 19 Sep 1942 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 307) | ||
| Launched | 5 Jun 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 28 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Otto Niethmann | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 28 Jul 1943 - 31 Mar 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Apr 1944 - 25 May 1944 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Damaged on 24 May, 1944 by depth charges from British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 210/V). Scuttled at 0102hrs on 25 May, 1944 north-west of Trondheim, Norway, in position 65.08N, 04.53E, by torpedoes from U-990. 34 dead and 21 survivors. | |||
Attacks on this boat
24 May 1944
The boat was scuttled on 24 May after a crippling damage from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 210/V). U-990 saved 21 of the crew, 34 died went down with the boat. But the U-990 was sunk by a B-24 Liberator aircraft the very next day and then even more men from the U-476 died.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
25 May 1944. U-990 took over the entire crew, but this boat was also sunk a few hours later. 34 men from U-476 died.
Men lost from the boat
24 May 1944
The boat was scuttled on 24 May after a crippling damage from a Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 210/V). U-990 saved 21 of the crew, 34 died went down with the boat. But the U-990 was sunk by a Liberator aircraft the very next day and then even more men from the U-476 died.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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