U-702
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Jul 1940 | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 761) | ||||||||
| Launched | 24 May 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Sep 1941 | Kptlt. Wolf-Rüdiger von Rabenau | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Left Kiel, Germany on 21 March, 1942. Missing from 3 April, 1942 in the North Sea, in position 59.55,8N, 02.23,3E, possibly by a drifting mine. 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
In 1987 a wreck of a German U-boat was found off Norway during an oil exploration, that wreck is probably the U-702 and it appears to have hit a floating mine on its way to Bergen.
General notes on this boat
In 1987 a wreck that is most probably U-702 was found during oil exploration off Norway.
Men lost from the boat
9 Sep 1941
The chief engineer (LI) was killed during an accident in Kiel. The boat was undergoing trials at the time.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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