List of all U-boats
U-717
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 24 Apr 1942 | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 783) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 20 Feb 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 May 1943 | Oblt. Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Wasserlebenbucht, in position 54.49N, 09.27E, after being damaged by British bombs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
14 Oct 1944
2 of the crew were killed and 3 wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja). [Matrosenobergefreiter Walter Steube, Maschinenobergefreiter August Großdonk]
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
The position of loss for this boat is incorrect as the given position is inland it seems.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-717 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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