List of all U-boats
U-749
Type | VIIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 28 Sep 1942 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1559) | |||||||||||||||
| Launched | 10 Jun 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 14 Aug 1943 | Cdr. Longhi (Italian) | |||||||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 April, 1945 at Germaniawerft dockyard 4 in Kiel, by US bombs. 2 dead, unknown number of survivors. | ||||||||||||||||
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Renamed S 7 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-749 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-749 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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