Events on this day

6 March

This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.

U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (2)	Launched (5)	Commissioned (2)
No U-boat orders on this date	1942: U-535 1943: U-1302	1941: U-567, U-568 1943: U-284, U-471, U-472	1941: U-560 1943: U-739
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1942
	U-505	Loewe	Sydhav	7,587	nw
	U-587	Borcherdt	Hans Egede	900	go
	U-701	Degen	Rononia	213	br
1943
	U-172	Emmermann	Thorstrand	3,041	nw
	U-410	Fenski	Fort Battle River	7,133	br	KMS-10
	U-410	Fenski	Fort Paskoyac (d)	7,134	br	KMS-10
1945
	U-775	Taschenmacher	Empire Geraint (d)	6,991	br	MH-44
				32,999
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1944

U-703. At 1705hrs the boat was attacked by a Swordfish aircraft (816 Sqn FAA/X) of the British escort carrier HMS Chaser while operating against the convoy RA-57 in the Norwegian Sea. U-703 was surprised by the aircraft that used patchy clouds to stalk it, but opened fire with the quadruple and both twin 20mm AA guns just as it started to dive, strafing the U-boat and firing eight rockets in four salvoes. One rocket was seen to ricochet over the top of the conning tower after it struck the railing. The defensive fire stopped at once when six crew members were wounded, three of them seriously, but they were quickly replaced and the Swordfish kept at distance by very accurate fire until the U-boat was able to escape by crash diving after sustaining only minor damage. However, two of the injured men died after submerging and another died the following day while U-703 was returned to Narvik, where they were buried. [Funkobermaat Paul Kretschmar (died on 7 March), Bootsmaat Erich Junker, Maschinengefreiter Heinz Schade]

U-737. Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:
British Liberator Mk.V BZ764 (RAF Sqdn 120/B, pilot F/L Harold F. Kerrigan, RCAF)

The aircraft located U-737 with radar west of the Lofoten Islands, and despite AA hits causing a fire in the starboard outer engine, dropped six depth charges that detonated as close as 10m (33ft) to the U-boat as it dived, forcing it to resurface immediately. The Liberator attacked again, but sustained more flak damage - one round hit the nose, wounding both navigators and disabling the bomb sight and release gear, so that no more depth charges could be dropped. The aircrew managed to put out the fire and jettisoned the remaining depth charges. One of the wounded navigators guided the aircraft to Skitten, Scotland, where it made a belly landing on two engines, and was later written off.

The pilot was awarded the DSO and the navigator the DFC for their actions. The damage forced U-737 to return to Narvik. (Franks/Zimmerman)

U-boats lost

1944: U-744 , U-973

63 men died when those 2 U-boats were lost on this date. 42 men survived.

Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat Men Lost or Wounded

There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 6 March.

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Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Rolf Bahn (1918), Bruno Barber (1904), Heinz Baumann (1922), Carl Emmermann (1915), Günther Fiebig (1920), Ulrich Folkers (1915), Friedrich Guggenberger (1915).

The following men died on this day:
Heinz Blischke (1944), Klaus Paepenmöller (1944), Ludwig Schaafhausen (1976), Herbert Zeissler (2008).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 6 March

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1940

U-boats entering base:
To Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-62 (23 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Narvik, Norway: U-377

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-564 (48 days)
To Pola U-573 (33 days)

1943

Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-631
From La Pallice: U-134, U-384 (lost 14 days later)
From Salamis, Greece: U-81
From St. Nazaire, France: U-598

U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-663 (3 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-355 (33 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-223 (54 days)

1944

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-155 (2 days)

1945

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-218, U-324

U-boats entering base:
To Narvik, Norway: U-318 (32 days), U-995 (33 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-963 (50 days)

U-boats at sea on 6 March

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

General Events on 6 March

1945

U-681 fired a T-5 homing torpedo at an ASW trawler, but missed.

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