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U-4708
This boat was not commissioned into the Kriegsmarine.
However she had been ordered and was, at least at one time, planned for commission.
U-boat | U-4708 |
| Type | XXIII |
| Cancelled | |
| Suspended | |
| Launched | 24 Mar 1945 |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1944 |
| Ordered | 7 Jul 1944 |
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Werk | 950 |
| Sunk just prior to its commission on 9 April, 1945 in the Kilian bunker in Kiel. The boat is reported to be still there in early 2000. |