Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 19 Aug 1942 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1557) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 13 May 1943 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 17 Jul 1943 | Cdr. Rigoli (Italian) | ||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate | Destroyed 1 April, 1945 in Hamburg, by US bombs. | |||||||||||
Renamed S 3 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-747 after the Italian capitulation.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-747 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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