List of all U-boats

U-793

Type

XVIIA

 
Ordered19 Jun 1942
Laid down1 Dec 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 456)
Launched4 Mar 1944
Commissioned24 Apr 1944Oblt. Günther Schauenburg
Commanders
24 Apr 1944 - 15 Jan 1945  Oblt. Günther Schauenburg
16 Jan 1945 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich Schmidt
Career
No patrols
24 Apr 1944-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (trial boat)
16 Feb 1945-4 May 1945  5. Flottille (trial boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled at 0130hrs on 4 May, 1945 in position 54.19N, 09.43E in the Audorfer See, near Rendsburg.

The boat was later raised and taken as a British Prize and used for trials. Final fate unknown.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-793 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.