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 5 May 1945 in the Wassersleben Bay near Flensburg, in position 54.49N, 09.27E. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
14 Oct 1944
Two of the crew were killed and three wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. [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 the boat
14 Oct 1944
Two of the crew were killed and three wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. [Matrosenobergefreiter Walter Steube, Maschinenobergefreiter August Großdonk]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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