U-748

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down 20 Aug 1942 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1558)
Launched13 May 1943
Commissioned31 Jul 1943Cdr. Mario Arillo (Italian)
Commanders
6 Oct 1943 - 17 Sep 1944  Oblt. Götz Roth
18 Sep 1944 - 29 Nov 1944  Oblt. Joachim Knecht
30 Nov 1944 - 20 Apr 1945  Oblt. Hans-Friedrich Puschmann
21 Apr 1945 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Gottfried Dingler
Career1 patrol 1 Sep 1943 - 1 Apr 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945 - 3 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in Rendsburg.

View the 1 war patrol

Renamed S 5 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-748 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-748 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
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.