List of all U-boats
U-701
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 May 1940 | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 760) | ||||||||
| Launched | 16 Apr 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1941 | Kptlt. Horst Degen | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 25,390 GRT 4 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 1,666 GRT 4 ships damaged, total tonnage 37,093 GRT 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,190 tons | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 7 July 1942 in the North Atlantic off Cape Hatteras, in position 34.50N, 74.55W, by depth charges from a US A-29 Hudson aircraft (396th Bomb Sqn USAAF). 39 dead and 7 survivors. | |||||||||
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This boat is a dive site
This boat lies in 100 feet (33m) deep waters of Cape Hatteras, USA. She was discovered in 1989 by a team led by Uwe Lovas.
This wreck is a German war grave and should be respected as such
Update: You can see some diving images of this boat here.
Depth: 100 feet (30 meters)Position (lat, long): 34.50, -74.55
See more U-boat dive sites.
Wolfpack operations
U-701 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Ziethen (6 Jan 1942 - 22 Jan 1942)
Westwall (2 Mar 1942 - 12 Mar 1942)
York (12 Mar 1942 - 26 Mar 1942)
Men lost from the boat
31 Dec 1941
An officer was washed overboard from the U-701, being the last casualty of the year. [Leutnant zur See Bernhard Weinitschke]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Black Whale |
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