List of all U-boats
U-637
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 17 Oct 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 613) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 7 Jul 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 27 Aug 1942 | Kptlt. Max Dieterich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career 3 patrols |
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Successes | 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 39 tons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered at Stavanger, Norway on 9 May 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 27 May 1945 via Lisahally. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final location |
This boat is a dive site
Innes McCartney dove on this boat in 2001 (see his report).
Depth: 230 feet (70 meters)Position (lat, long): 55.35, -7.46
See more U-boat dive sites.
Attacks on this boat and other events
26 Apr 1945
Norwegian MTBs (motor torpedo boats) 711 and 723 claimed a German U-boat sunk near Utsira, Norway. Their target was U-637, which was not sunk. The commander of U-637 shot himself after being seriously wounded in the face. The Engineering Officer brought the boat to port. Several of the crew died in action. [Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Riekeberg] (Sources: Klart til kamp, Helge Storm Bjercke (1954). Axel Niestlé.)
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 April 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
26 Apr 1945
Norwegian MTBs (motor torpedo boats) 711 and 723 claimed a German U-boat sunk near Utsira, Norway. Their target was U-637, which was not sunk. The commander of U-637 shot himself after being seriously wounded in the face. The Engineering Officer brought the boat to port. Several of the crew died in action. [Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Riekeberg]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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