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. | |||||
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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