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Scuttled U-boats - Type VII
| U-boat | Type | Date | Commander |
| U-29 | VIIA | 4 May 1945 | |
| U-30 | VIIA | 4 May 1945 | |
| U-46 | VIIB | 4 May 1945 | |
| U-48 | VIIB | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-52 | VIIB | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-71 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | |
| U-72 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | |
| U-236 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | |
| U-267 | VIIC | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Bernhard Knieper |
| U-287 | VIIC | 16 May 1945 | Oblt. Heinrich Meyer |
| U-290 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Heinz Baum |
| U-316 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Gottfried König |
| U-339 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-349 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Wolfgang Dähne |
| U-351 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Hugo Strehl |
| U-370 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Karl Nielsen |
| U-382 | VIIC | 8 May 1945 | |
| U-397 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Kptlt. Gerhard Groth |
| U-428 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Hans-Ulrich Hanitsch |
| U-446 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-475 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Kptlt. Otto Stoeffler |
| U-552 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Günther Lube |
| U-554 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Werner Remus |
| U-560 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Paul Jacobs |
| U-612 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Hans-Peter Dick |
| U-704 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-708 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Herbert Kühn |
| U-717 | VIIC | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Siegfried Rothkirch und Panthen |
| U-721 | VIIC | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Ludwig Fabricius |
| U-733 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Ulrich Hammer |
| U-746 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Ernst Lottner |
| U-748 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Gottfried Dingler |
| U-750 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Justus Grawert |
| U-822 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Josef Elsinghorst |
| U-903 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Kptlt. Otto Tinschert |
| U-904 | VIIC | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Günter Stührmann |
| U-922 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Erich Käselau |
| U-924 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Hans-Jürg Schild |
| U-958 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Friedrich Stege |
| U-963 | VIIC | 20 May 1945 | Oblt. Rolf-Werner Wentz |
| U-979 | VIIC | 24 May 1945 | Kptlt. Johannes Meermeier |
| U-1056 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Gustav Schröder |
| U-1101 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Rudolf Dübler |
| U-1132 | VIIC | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Walter-Bruno Koch |
| U-1161 | VIIC | 4 May 1945 | Kptlt. Bruno Schwalbach |
| U-1162 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels |
| U-1192 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Meenen |
| U-1193 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Joachim Guse |
| U-1196 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Rene Ballert |
| U-1201 | VIIC | 8 May 1945 | Oblt. Reinhold Merkle |
| U-1204 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Erwin Jestel |
| U-1205 | VIIC | 3 May 1945 | Kptlt. Hermann Zander |
| U-1207 | VIIC | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Kurt Lindemann |
| U-323 | VIIC/41 | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Dobinsky |
| U-827 | VIIC/41 | 5 May 1945 | Kptlt. Kurt Baberg |
| U-828 | VIIC/41 | 3 May 1945 | Oblt. Alfred John |
| U-929 | VIIC/41 | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Werner Schulz |
| U-999 | VIIC/41 | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Wolfgang Heibges |
| U-1007 | VIIC/41 | 2 May 1945 | Kptlt. Ernst von Witzendorff |
| U-1008 | VIIC/41 | 6 May 1945 | Oblt. Hans Gessner |
| U-1016 | VIIC/41 | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Walther Ehrhardt |
| U-1025 | VIIC/41 | 5 May 1945 | |
| U-1166 | VIIC/41 | 3 May 1945 | |
| U-1168 | VIIC/41 | 4 May 1945 | Kptlt. Hans Umlauf |
| U-1170 | VIIC/41 | 3 May 1945 | Kptlt. Friedrich Justi |
| U-1275 | VIIC/41 | 8 May 1945 | Oblt. Günther Frohberg |
| U-1303 | VIIC/41 | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Helmut Herglotz |
| U-1304 | VIIC/41 | 4 May 1945 | Oblt. Walter Süss |
| U-1306 | VIIC/41 | 5 May 1945 | Oblt. Ulrich Kiessling |
| U-1308 | VIIC/41 | 2 May 1945 | Oblt. Heinrich Besold |
70 Type VII boats scuttled in May 1945.
The two type VIIC boats U-963 and U-979 were scuttled by their crews in late May 1945 off Portugal and Germany respectively.
U-1026 - U-1031 (6 boats, type VIIC/41) were scuttled in May 1945 but none of them had been commissioned at the time.
In addition U-1277 (VIIC/41) was scuttled by her crew on 6 June, 1945 near Oporto, Portugal.
