U-976

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 9 Jul 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 176)
Launched25 Mar 1943
Commissioned5 May 1943Oblt. Raimund Tiesler
Commanders
5 May 1943 - 25 Mar 1944   Raimund Tiesler
Career2 patrols 5 May 1943 - 31 Oct 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1943 - 25 Mar 1944  7. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 25 Mar 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near St. Nazaire, in position 46.48N, 02.43W, by gunfire from two British Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn. 248/L/I). 4 dead and 49 survivors.

View the 2 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-976 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Dark Sky, Deep Water. Franks, Norman, 1997. (transl.)
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.