U-701
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 9 Oct, 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 3 May, 1940 | HC Stülcken, Hamburg (werk 760) | ||
| Launched | 16 Apr, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 16 Jul, 1941 | Kptlt. Horst Degen | ||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 16 Jul, 1941 - 1 Dec, 1941 3. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1941 - 7 Jul, 1942 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 25.390 GRT 4 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 1.666 GRT 4 ships damaged for a total of 37.093 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.190 tons | |||
| Fate | Sunk 7 July, 1942 near Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 34.50N, 74.55W, by depth charges from an American Hudson aircraft (US Army Bomb. Sqdn. 396). 39 dead and 7 survivors. | |||
See the 14 ships hit by U-701 - View the 3 war patrols
Men lost from the boat
31 Dec, 1941
An officer was washed overboard from the U-701, being the last casualty of the year. [Leutnant zur See Bernhard Weinitschke]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: The Approaching Storm, Chewning, Alpheus J., 1994 Dive into History, Keatts, Henry C. and Farr, George C., 1994 German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Torpedo Junction, Hickam, Homer, 1996 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 |