Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 22 Nov 1940 | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 766) | ||||||||
| Launched | 24 Nov 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Mar 1942 | Kptlt. Alexander von Zitzewitz | ||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 18,650 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk at 0630hrs on 3 Aug, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 46.15N, 10.25W, by depth charges from a US Liberator aircraft (A/S Sqdn. 4) and a Canadian Hampden aicraft (RCAF 415/A). 42 dead and 4 survivors. | |||||||||
The Canadian Hampden aircraft dropped the first chages on the boat and the US Liberator then sank the damaged boat.
Wolfpack operations
U-706 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Luchs (1 Oct 1942 - 6 Oct 1942)
Panther (6 Oct 1942 - 20 Oct 1942)
Südwärts (24 Oct 1942 - 26 Oct 1942)
Falke (28 Dec 1942 - 4 Jan 1943)
Jaguar (18 Jan 1943 - 31 Jan 1943)
Seeteufel (23 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Löwenherz (1 Apr 1943 - 10 Apr 1943)
Lerche (10 Apr 1943 - 16 Apr 1943)
Meise (16 Apr 1943 - 22 Apr 1943)
Specht (22 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
2 Aug 1943
The boat attacked by an unknown aircraft at 0900 hrs. 20 minutes later the boat reported the aircraft was still shadowing the boat. (Sources: BDU KTB)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
27 Oct 1942
The same day 3 men were washed overboard from the U-706, 2 men died but the third was saved by U-463. [Leutnant zur See Erich Eichmann, see right, Matrosenobergefreiter Ralf Köhler]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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