U-boat patrols

Patrol info for U-717


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
30 Sep 1944Windau17 Oct 1944Danzig18 days

Commander

Officers *


Oblt. Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen

Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-717


We have 15 daily positions for the 18 days U-717 was at sea.

Departure from Windau on 30 Sep 1944.
1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944 - 3 Oct 1944 - 4 Oct 1944 - 5 Oct 1944 - 6 Oct 1944 - 7 Oct 1944 - 8 Oct 1944 - 9 Oct 1944 - 10 Oct 1944 - 11 Oct 1944 - 12 Oct 1944 - 13 Oct 1944 - 14 Oct 1944 - 15 Oct 1944 - 16 Oct 1944 -
Arrival at Danzig on 17 Oct 1944.

Ships hit by U-717 during this patrol

General Events during this patrol

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Attacks on U-717 during this patrol

14 Oct 1944
Two of the crew were killed and three wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. [Matrosenobergefreiter Walter Steube, Maschinenobergefreiter August Großdonk]

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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.

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