U-647

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down 29 Dec 1941 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 623)
Launched16 Sep 1942
Commissioned5 Nov 1942Kptlt. Willi Hertin
Commanders
5 Nov 1942 - 28 Jul 1943  Kptlt. Willi Hertin
Career1 patrol 5 Nov 1942 - 31 May 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1943 - 28 Jul 1943  7. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Left Kiel, Germany on 22 July, 1943.

Missing since 28 July, 1943 north of the Shetland Islands, position unknown, possibly mined. 48 dead (all hands lost).

View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-647 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.



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U-boats Missing in Action.