List of all U-boats

U-712

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered7 Dec 1940
Laid down4 Sep 1941 H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 778)
Launched10 Aug 1942
Commissioned5 Nov 1942Oblt. Walter Pietschmann
Commanders
5 Nov 1942 - 14 Dec 1943  Oblt. Walter Pietschmann
15 Dec 1943 - 2 Jul 1944  Oblt. Walter-Ernst Koch
3 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Freiherr Eberhard von Ketelhodt
Career
No patrols
5 Nov 1942-31 Oct 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1943-31 Dec 1943  3. Flottille (active service)
1 Jan 1944-28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Kristiansand-Süd, Norway on 9 May 1945.

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland. Used for tests by the British and broken up at Hayle in 1950.

Final location

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-712 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


Media links


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II
Blair, Clay


German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel