List of all U-boats
U-747
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 19 Aug 1942 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1557) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 13 May 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 17 Jul 1943 | Cdr. Rigoli (Italian) | ||||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate |
Given to Italy in exchange for transport submarines and renamed S 3. On 10 September 1943 taken over by the Kriegsmarine at Gotenhafen after the Italian surrender and commissioned as U-747 on 5 October 1943. Scuttled on 5 May 1945 at Hamburg-Finkenwerder in box No.3 of U-boat pen Fink II, in position 53.32,6N, 09.51.3E, after being badly damaged in the U-boat pen by bombs during US air raid (8th AF) on 9 April 1945. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-747 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.
 Crew X/39 |
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