List of all U-boats
U-673
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 20 Jan 1942 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 822) | ||||||||||||||||
Launched | 27 Feb 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 8 May 1943 | Oblt. Gerhard Haelbich | ||||||||||||||||
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Career 5 patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Beached at 0115hrs on 24 October 1944 in the North Sea on the Smaskjer reef at the entrance to Felsafjord north of Stavanger, Norway, in position 59.17N, 05.57E, after a collision with U-382. Salvaged on 9 November 1944, taken to Stavanger and decommissioned. The hulk was captured by British forces in May 1945 and broken up. | |||||||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-673 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hartmut (23 Feb 1944 - 28 Feb 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
1 Apr 1944
The boat was attacked and damaged by a convoy escort, forcing it to return to base.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in August 1944.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-673 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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