List of all U-boats
U-624
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 15 Jul 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 600) | ||||||||
| Launched | 31 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 28 May 1942 | Oblt. Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen | ||||||||
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 39,855 GRT 3 warships sunk, total tonnage 873 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,432 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 7 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 55.42N, 26.17W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 220/J). 45 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-624 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Puma (23 Oct 1942 - 29 Oct 1942)
Natter (30 Oct 1942 - 8 Nov 1942)
Kreuzotter (8 Nov 1942 - 24 Nov 1942)
Habicht (10 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Haudegen (19 Jan 1943 - 7 Feb 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-624 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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