List of all U-boats

U-870

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down29 Apr 1943 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1078)
Launched29 Oct 1943
Commissioned3 Feb 1944KrvKpt. Ernst Hechler
Commanders
3 Feb 1944 - 30 Mar 1945  KrvKpt. Ernst Hechler (Knights Cross)
Career
1 patrol
3 Feb 1944-30 Sep 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1944-30 Mar 1945  33. Flottille (active service)
Successes2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,960 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,400 tons
2 ships a total loss, total tonnage 11,844 GRT
Fate

Sunk 30 March 1945 at Bremen by US bombs.

Loss position

See the 5 ships hit by U-870 - View the 1 war patrol

Attacks on this boat and other events

20 Dec 1944
Having attacked a small convoy of landing ships (damaging the American destroyer escort USS Fogg) the boat was attacked by a British aircraft (Sqdn 220) but escaped and also eluded two Allied hunter-killer groups. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 650)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in September 1944.

Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-870 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.


Lion on Shield

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)


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

Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II

Blair, Clay


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel




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