List of all U-boats

U-740

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down26 Apr 1942 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1537)
Launched23 Dec 1942
Commissioned27 Mar 1943Oblt. Günther Stark
Commanders
27 Mar 1943 - 8 Jun 1944  Kptlt. Günther Stark
Career
2 patrols
27 Mar 1943-31 Mar 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1944-8 Jun 1944  1. Flottille (active service)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk at 0215hrs on 8 June 1944 in the English Channel west of Brest, in position 48.27N, 05.47W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/G). 51 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, January 2009).

Loss position

View the 2 war patrols

Previously recorded fate

  • Sunk 9 June, 1944 south-west of the Scilly Isles, in position 49.09N, 08.37W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/F). (Postwar assessment)
    Notes. This attack was in fact against a nonsub target.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-740 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.


Viking Ship

Media links


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II

Blair, Clay




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