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U-737

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr, 1941
Laid down 14 Feb, 1942 F. Schichau, Danzig (werk 1534)
Launched21 Nov, 1942
Commissioned30 Jan, 1943Ltnt. 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
Career8 patrols 30 Jan, 1943 - 30 Jun, 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Jul, 1943 - 19 Dec, 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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