U-970
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 29 May, 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 170) | ||
| Launched | 11 Feb, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 25 Mar, 1943 | Oblt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels | ||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 25 Mar, 1943 - 29 Feb, 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1944 - 7 Jun, 1944 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No 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. | |||
Attacks on this boat
20 Apr, 1944
The U-970 was attacked in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damage.
1 recorded attacks 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.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |