List of all U-boats
U-476
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 19 Sep 1942 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 307) | ||||||||
| Launched | 5 Jun 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 28 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Otto Niethmann | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Scuttled at 0102hrs on 25 May 1944 in the Norwegian Sea north-west of Trondheim, Norway, in position 65.08N, 04.53E, by a torpedo from U-990 after being badly damaged by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (210 Sqn RAF/V) on 24 May 1944. 34 dead and 21 survivors. | |||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
24 May 1944
Following crippling damage from an attack by a British Catalina flying boat (210 Sqn RAF/V) at 07.18 hrs on this day, the boat was scuttled on 25 May. U-990 saved the commander and 20 men of the crew, but 34 went down with the boat due to bad weather that made the rescue operation difficult. U-990 was then herself sunk by a B-24 Liberator aircraft on 25 May. Three men from U-476 were lost.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
25 May 1944. U-990 saved 21 men from U-476, but was herself sunk a few hours later. 34 men from U-476 died (31 on U-476 and 3 on U-990).
Men lost from the boat
24 May 1944
Following crippling damage from an attack by a British Catalina flying boat (210 Sqn RAF/V) at 07.18 hrs on this day, the boat was scuttled on 25 May. U-990 saved the commander and 20 men of the crew, but 34 went down with the boat due to bad weather that made the rescue operation difficult. U-990 was then herself sunk by a B-24 Liberator aircraft on 25 May. Three men from U-476 were lost.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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