List of all U-boats

U-720

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down17 Aug 1942 H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 786)
Launched5 Jun 1943
Commissioned17 Sep 1943Ltnt. Wolf-Harald Schüer
Commanders
17 Sep 1943 - 31 Mar 1944  Oblt. Wolf-Harald Schüler
1 Apr 1944 - 22 Nov 1944  Oblt. Walter Boldt
23 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Erhard Wendelberger
Career
No patrols
17 Sep 1943-28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Heligoland, Germany.

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 21 December 1945 at 56.04N x 09.35W by naval gunfire.

Previously recorded fate

  • Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 8 May, 1945.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-720 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Die Heimfahrt der U-720. Lehnhoff, Joachim, 1956. (transl.)
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.