U-716

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down 16 Apr 1942 H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 782)
Launched15 Jan 1943
Commissioned15 Apr 1943Oblt. Hans Dunkelberg
Commanders
15 Apr 1943 - 24 Jan 1945  Oblt. Hans Dunkelberg
22 Jan 1945 - 12 Feb 1945  Oblt. Friedrich-August Greus (in deputize) -- acting
Feb, 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Jürgen Thimme
Career10 patrols 15 Apr 1943 - 31 Dec 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 31 Mar 1945  13. Flottille (front boat)
1 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  14. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 7,200 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 54 tons (lost aboard transport ships)
Fate

Surrendered at Narvik, Norway on 8 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 11 December, 1945 at 55.50N x 10.05W as an air target.

See the 2 ships hit by U-716 - View the 10 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

23 Apr 1945
The U-716 was depth charged in the Arctic Sea by a hunter-killer group. Due to the damage incurred the boat had to return to base.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-716 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.