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U-712

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered7 Dec, 1940
Laid down 4 Sep, 1941 HC Stülcken, Hamburg (werk 778)
Launched10 Aug, 1942
Commissioned5 Nov, 1942Oblt. Walter Pietschmann
Commanders
5 Nov, 1942 - 14 Dec, 1943  Oblt. Walter Pietschmann
15 Dec, 1943 - 2 Jul, 1944  Oblt. Walter-Ernst Koch
3 Jul, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  Oblt. Freiherr Eberhard von Ketelhodt
CareerNo patrols5 Nov, 1942 - 31 Oct, 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Nov, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1944 - 28 Feb, 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar, 1945 - 8 May, 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Kristiansand, Norway on 8 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland. Used for tests by the British and broken up at Hayle in 1950.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-712 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boats of World War Two Volume 1
Stern, Robert C.

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
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
U-Boats of World War Two Volume 1, Stern, Robert C., 1988