U-716

Type

VIIC

Ordered

10 Apr, 1941

Laid down

16 Apr, 1942

HC Stülcken, Hamburg (werk 782)

Launched

15 Jan, 1943

Commissioned

15 Apr, 1943

Oblt. 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

Career

10 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)

Successes

1 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 attacks 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.