U-967

Type

VIIC

Ordered

5 Jun 1941

Laid down

16 May 1942

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 167)

Launched

4 Feb 1943

Commissioned

11 Mar 1943

Ltnt. Herbert Loeder

Commanders

11 Mar 1943	-	Apr, 1944	Oblt. Herbert Loeder
Apr, 1944	-	1 Jul 1944	KrvKpt. Albrecht Brandi (Knights Cross)
2 Jul 1944	-	12 Jul 1944	Oblt. Heinz-Eugen Eberbach

Career
3 patrols

11 Mar 1943	-	30 Sep 1943	5. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1943	-	29 Feb 1944	6. Flottille (active service)
1 Mar 1944	-	12 Jul 1944	29. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,300 tons

Fate

Scuttled on 19 August 1944 off Saint-Mandrier peninsula at Toulon, France, in position 43.05N, 05.56E, to prevent capture because the boat was unseaworthy after being badly damaged by bombs during US air raids (15th AF) at Toulon on 5 July, 11 July and 6 August 1944. 2 dead, unknown number of survivors.

See the 1 ships hit by U-967 - View the 3 war patrols

Wreck raised in 1945 and broken up.

Wolfpack operations

U-967 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Siegfried (25 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried 1 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
   Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
   Tirpitz 2 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
   Eisenhart 4 (9 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943)
   Schill 3 (18 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)

Attacks on this boat and other events

21 Nov 1943
At 06.12 hrs the boat fought off a "Halifax" aircraft with flak. This was probably B-24 Liberator A for Able from 53 Sqdn RAF, pilot W/C H.R.A. Edwards, AFC), escorting convoy SL 139, which was unable to attack because its Leigh Light failed. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)

30 Nov 1943
While inbound in the Bay of Biscay an unidentified aircraft attacked the boat, which again escaped unharmed. The boat put into St. Nazaire the next day. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 441)

2 recorded attacks on this boat.