U-703

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered9 Oct 1939
Laid down 9 Aug 1940 H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 762)
Launched18 Jul 1941
Commissioned16 Oct 1941Oblt. Heinz Bielfeld
Commanders
16 Oct 1941 - 5 Jul 1943  Kptlt. Heinz Bielfeld
6 Jul 1943 - 16 Sep 1944  Oblt. Joachim Brünner
Career13 patrols 16 Oct 1941 - 1 Mar 1942  6. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1942 - 30 Jun 1942  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1942 - 31 May 1943  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jun 1943 - 16 Sep 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
Successes5 ships sunk for a total of 29,523 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 559 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,870 tons
Fate

Missing since 16 Sept, 1944 in the Norwegian Sea between Norway and Greenland, position unknown.

There is no explanation for its loss.

54 dead (all hands lost).

See the 7 ships hit by U-703 - View the 13 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

1 Mar 1944
During an air attack the boat suffered 3 dead and 3 wounded. The damaged boat reached Narvik, Norway two days later. [Funkobermaat Paul Kretschmar (died on 7 March), Bootsmaat Erich Junker Maschinengefreiter Heinz Schade].

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

1 Mar 1944
During an air attack the boat suffered 3 dead and 3 wounded. The damaged boat reached Narvik, Norway two days later. [Funkobermaat Paul Kretschmar (died on 7 March), Bootsmaat Erich Junker Maschinengefreiter Heinz Schade].

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



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.
U-Boats at War. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001.



Related page:
U-boats Missing in Action.