German submarine U-716 was a Type VIIC

German Type VII submarine

Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat. The Type VII was based on earlier German submarine designs going back to the World War I Type UB III, designed through the Dutch dummy company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw den Haag which was set up by Germany after...

 U-boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 built for the German

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

 Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

  for service during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Service record

While in the Arctic sea on April 23, 1945, U-716 was hit by depth charges by a hunter-killer group. The damage was serious enough to require retreating to Narik before schedule, but not enough to cause any further problems.

Fate

While in port awaiting repairs, VE Day occurred and the European theatre of the Second World War ended. Upon orders, Jürgen Thimme surrendered his vessel to the Allies and took her to Loch Eriboll in Scotland, where she was destroyed as part of Operation Deadlight

Operation Deadlight

Operation Deadlight was the code name for the scuttling of U-boats surrendered to the Allies after the defeat of Germany near the end of World War II....

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Patrol History

Place of Departure

• Bergen
• Hammerfest
• Hammerfest
• Hammerfest
• Skjomenfjord
• Harstad
• Narvik
• Harstad
• Bogenbucht
• Narvik

Date

• 15 Dec 1943
• 25 Jan 1944
• 1 Mar 1944
• 30 Mar 1944
• 20 Jun 1944
• 7 Jan 1945
• 6 Feb 1945
• 18 Feb 1945
• 12 Mar 1945
• 21 Apr 1945

Place of Arrival

• Hammerfest
• Hammerfest
• Hammerfest
• Skjomenfjord
• Harstad
• Narvik
• Harstad
• Bogenbucht
• Narvik
• Skjomenfjord

Date

• 16 Jan 1944
• 29 Feb 1944
• 11 Mar 1944
• 17 Jun 1944
• 7 Dec 1944
• 4 Feb 1945
• 12 Feb 1945
• 26 Feb 1945
• 9 Apr 1945
• 12 May 1945