UBoot 997 VIIC/41 - Narvik . Maggio 1945

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UBoot 997

Type VIIC/41 Ordered 14 Oct 1941 Laid down 7 Dec 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 197) Launched 18 Aug 1943 Commissioned 23 Sep 1943 Oblt. Hans Lehmann Commanders 23 Sep 1943 - 9 May 1945 Oblt. (R) Hans Lehmann (Knights Cross) Career 7 patrols 23 Sep 1943 - 30 Apr 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 May 1944 - 31 May 1944 9. Flottille (active service) 1 Jun 1944 - 1 Mar 1945 13. Flottille (active service) 1 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945 14. Flottille (active service) Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,603 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 105 tons 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 4,287 GRT Fate Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Narvik, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Transferred to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, on 19 May and later to Loch Ryan via Lisahally. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) Sunk on 13 December, 1945 at 55.50N x 10.05W by aircraft. Final location + − Leaflet | uboat.net Blue marker shows final fate during Operation Deadlight. Orange marker shows German surrender. See the 3 ships hit by U-997 - View the 7 war patrols The U-boats that were in the Narvik area at the end of the war were all moved to the Skjomenfjord upon Allied orders to avoid conflicts with the Norwegians on 12 May. On 15 May, a German convoy of five ships (the fleet tender Grille with the staff of FdU Norwegen aboard, the fleet oiler Kärnten, the repair ship Kamerun and the depot ships Huascaran and Stella Polaris) and 15 U-boats (U-278, U-294, U-295, U-312, U-313, U-318, U-363, U-427, U-481, U-668, U-716, U-968, U-992, U-997 and U-1165) left for transfer to Trondheim, but was intercepted after two days by the 9th Escort Group off the Norwegian coast and officially capitulated. While the ships were allowed to proceed to Trondheim, the U-boats were escorted to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, arriving on 19 May. All U-boats were later that month transferred to Lisahally or Loch Ryan for Operation Deadlight. Wolfpack operations U-997 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career: Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944) Trutz (17 Aug 1944 - 1 Sep 1944) Grimm (13 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944) Regenschirm (14 Oct 1944 - 16 Oct 1944) Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 8 Nov 1944) Stier (21 Nov 1944 - 25 Dec 1944) Hagen (15 Mar 1945 - 21 Mar 1945)