List of all U-boats

U-779

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down21 Jul 1943 Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), Wilhelmshaven (werk 162)
Launched17 Jun 1944
Commissioned24 Aug 1944Oblt. Johann Stegmann
Commanders
24 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Johann Stegmann
Career
No patrols
24 Aug 1944-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany.

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.

(Waller & Niestlé, October 2010).

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 17 December, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W, by gunfire from the destroyer HMS Onslow and the frigate HMS Cubitt.

Previously recorded fate

  • Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 8 May, 1945.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-779 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.