U-773

Type

VIIC

Ordered

21 Nov 1940

Laid down

13 Oct 1942

Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), Wilhelmshaven (werk 156)

Launched

8 Dec 1943

Commissioned

20 Jan 1944

Ltnt. Richard Lange

Commanders

20 Jan 1944	-	17 Apr 1944		Oblt. Richard Lange
18 Apr 1944	-	8 May 1945		Oblt. Hugo Baldus

Career
3 patrols

20 Jan 1944	-	31 Jul 1944	31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944	-	30 Sep 1944	1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944	-	8 May 1945	11. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Trondheim, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 8 December, 1945 at 56.10N x 10.05W by unknown causes.

View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

21 Mar 1945
The boat was depth charged by an escort in the North Atlantic and so heavily damaged that she had to return to base.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in October 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-773 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay