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| U-70 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 17 952 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 604 |
| Ordered | 30th May 1938 |
| Keel laid | 19th Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 12th Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 23rd Nov 1940 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.40 - 03.41 | 7.U-Flottille, Kiel & St.Nazaire
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 11.40 - 03.41 | KL Joachim Matz
see also: U-6 U-59 |
| Operations information for U-70 | 20.02.1941 - 07.03.1941
First Sailing - active patrol
U-70 left under the command of Joachim Matz on 20th Feb 1941. The boat was sunk on 7th Mar 1941.
Joachim Matz hit four ships on this patrol, three of these ships were in convoy, all of them from convoy OB-293.-
On 26th Feb 1941 he sank the Swedish 820 ton Göteborg.
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On 7th Mar 1941 he damaged the British 6,423 ton Delilian, sailing with convoy OB-293.
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On 7th Mar 1941 he damaged the British 6,568 ton Athelbeach, a member of convoy OB-293.
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On 7th Mar 1941 he damaged the Dutch 7,493 ton Mijdrecht, part of convoy OB-293.
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| Notes for U-70 |
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