U-745
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 8 Jul 1942 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1548) | ||
| Launched | 16 Apr 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 19 Jun 1943 | Oblt. Wilhelm von Trotha | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 19 Jun 1943 - 1 May 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 May 1944 - 4 Feb 1945 8. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 140 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 600 tons | |||
| Fate | Missing since 30 Jan, 1945 in the Gulf of Finland, position unknown, probably lost by mine. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-745 - View the 4 war patrols
Renamed S 11 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-745 after the Italian capitulation.
The boat was ordered through the German defence minefield and was possibly lost to one of its mines.
Wilhelm von Trotha's body was found in the near Föglö in the archipelago of the Finnish island of Åland in the Baltic on 10 Feb, 1945 and buried there 3 days later.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-745 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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