List of all U-boats
U-738
Type | VIIC | ||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | ||||||
| Laid down | 25 Feb 1942 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1535) | |||||
| Launched | 12 Dec 1942 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Feb 1943 | Ltnt. Erich-Michael Hoffmann | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Sank 14 Feb, 1944 in the Baltic Sea near Gotenhafen, in position 54.31N, 18.33E, after a collision with the steamship Erna. 22 dead and 24 survivors. | ||||||
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Raised on 3 March, 1944 and stricken. Broken up in 1944.
Men lost from the boat
3 Aug 1943
Two men were lost overboard in the Baltic Sea. [Bootsmaat Heinz Richter, Matrosengefreiter Josef Häseling]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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