U-970

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down29 May 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 170)
Launched11 Feb 1943
Commissioned25 Mar 1943Oblt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
Commanders
25 Mar 1943 - 7 Jun 1944  Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
Career
2 patrols
25 Mar 1943-29 Feb 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1944-7 Jun 1944  3. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk on 7 June, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, in position 45.15N, 04.10W, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 228/R). 38 dead and 14 survivors.

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

20 Apr 1944
The U-970 was attacked in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damage.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-970 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.