List of all U-boats

U-712

Type

VIIC

Ordered

7 Dec 1940

Laid down

4 Sep 1941

H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 778)

Launched

10 Aug 1942

Commissioned

5 Nov 1942

Oblt. Walter Pietschmann

Commanders

5 Nov 1942	-	14 Dec 1943	Oblt. Walter Pietschmann
15 Dec 1943	-	2 Jul 1944	Oblt. Walter-Ernst Koch
3 Jul 1944	-	9 May 1945	Oblt. Freiherr Eberhard von Ketelhodt

Career
No patrols

5 Nov 1942	-	31 Oct 1943	8. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1943	-	31 Dec 1943	3. Flottille (active service)
1 Jan 1944	-	28 Feb 1945	21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945	-	8 May 1945	31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered at Kristiansand, Norway on 9 May 1945.

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 31 May 1945.

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Used for tests by the British and broken up at Hayle in 1950.

Final location

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-712 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.