U-746

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 15 Jul 1942 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1549)
Launched16 Apr 1943
Commissioned4 Jul 1943Cdr. Biagini (Italian)
Commanders
16 Sep 1943 - 4 Jan 1944   Herbert Kaschke
5 Jan 1944 - 5 May 1945  Oblt. Ernst Lottner
CareerNo patrols1 Sep 1943 - 28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in Gelting Bay, after being bombed. Broken up in 1948.

Renamed S 2 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-746 after the Italian capitulation.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-746 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.