List of all U-boats

U-717

Type

VIIC

Ordered

10 Apr 1941

Laid down

24 Apr 1942

H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (werk 783)

Launched

20 Feb 1943

Commissioned

19 May 1943

Oblt. Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen

Commanders

19 May 1943

5 May 1945

Oblt. Siegfried von Rothkirch und Panthen

Career
5 patrols

19 May 1943	-	31 Jul 1944	5. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1943	-	31 Jul 1944	22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Aug 1944	-	1 Oct 1944	8. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944	-	15 Feb 1945	8. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945	-	5 May 1945	5. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in the Wassersleben Bay near Flensburg, in position 54.49N, 09.27E. Wreck broken up.

Final location

View the 5 war patrols

Attacks on this boat and other events

14 Oct 1944
Two of the crew were killed and three wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. [Matrosenobergefreiter Walter Steube, Maschinenobergefreiter August Großdonk]

1 recorded attack on this boat.

General notes on this boat

The position of loss for this boat is incorrect as the given position is inland it seems.

Men lost from the boat

14 Oct 1944
Two of the crew were killed and three wounded in an air raid on Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. [Matrosenobergefreiter Walter Steube, Maschinenobergefreiter August Großdonk]

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -