U-737

Type

VIIC

Ordered

10 Apr, 1941

Laid down

14 Feb, 1942

F. Schichau, Danzig (werk 1534)

Launched

21 Nov, 1942

Commissioned

30 Jan, 1943

Ltnt. Wolfgang Poeschel

Commanders

30 Jan, 1943 - 4 Feb, 1943	Wolfgang Poeschel
5 Feb, 1943 - 24 Nov, 1944	Kptlt. Paul Brasack (Knights Cross)
25 Nov, 1944 - 19 Dec, 1944	Oblt. Friedrich-August Greus

Career

8 patrols

30 Jan, 1943 - 30 Jun, 1943 8. Flottille (training)
1 Jul, 1943 - 19 Dec, 1944 13. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sank at 0050hrs on 19 Dec, 1944 in the Vestfjorden, in position 68.09N, 15.39E, after a collision with MRS 25. 31 dead and 20 survivors.

View the 8 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

9 Oct, 1943
The boat was attacked by shore-based artillery off Barentsburg (Spitsbergen), but managed to dive and did not sustain any damage.

6 Mar, 1944

A British B-24 Liberator (Sqdn 120/B, pilot Harold F. Kerrigan) was fatally hit. The aircraft had to crash-land and was written off as destroyed. The aircraft had dropped 6 depth charges that damaged the boat. The boat returned to port on March 12.

(Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 516)

22 Oct, 1944
The boat was attacked in the Arctic Sea by a Soviet aircraft. Three crew members were injured and the boat suffered slight damage.

3 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-737 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.