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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-764Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 51 834
Construction YardKriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
Yard Number147
Ordered15th Aug 1940
Keel laid1st Feb 1941
Launched13th Mar 1943
Commissioned6th May 1943
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
05.43 - 10.438.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 09.449.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
10.44 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
05.43 - 05.45OL Hanskurt von Bremen

Operations information for U-764
26.10.1943 - 11.12.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-764 left Kiel under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen on 26th Oct 1943 and arrived at Brest on 11th Dec 1943 after six and a half weeks.
17.01.1944 - 15.03.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Jan 1944, U-764 left Brest under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen and returned to Brest on 15th Mar 1944 after over eight weeks on patrol.
26.04.1944 - 28.04.1944
Third Sailing
U-764 departed under Hanskurt von Bremen from Brest on 26th Apr 1944 and arrived back at Brest on 28th Apr 1944 after two days.
18.05.1944 - 28.05.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-764 left Brest under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen on 18th May 1944 and returned one and a half weeks later to Brest on 28th May 1944.
06.06.1944 - 23.06.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 6th Jun 1944, U-764 left Brest under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen and arrived back at Brest two and a half weeks later on 23rd Jun 1944.
Hanskurt von Bremen hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 15th Jun 1944 he sank the British 1,085 ton HMS Blackwood.
06.08.1944 - 19.09.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-764 departed under Hanskurt von Bremen from Brest on 6th Aug 1944 and after over six weeks arrived at Bergen on 19th Sep 1944.
Hanskurt von Bremen hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy ETC-72.
  • On 20th Aug 1944 he sank the British 638 ton Coral, sailing with convoy ETC-72.
  • On 25th Aug 1944 he sank the British 611 ton HMS LCT-1074.
26.12.1944 - 04.02.1945
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-764 left Bergen under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen on 26th Dec 1944 and arrived back at Bergen on 4th Feb 1945 after more than five weeks on patrol.
15.03.1945 - 18.03.1945
Eighth Sailing
On the 15th Mar 1945, U-764 left Bergen under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen and returned three days later to Bergen on 18th Mar 1945.
19.03.1945 - 23.03.1945
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-764 departed under Hanskurt von Bremen from Bergen on 19th Mar 1945 and arrived back at Bergen four days later on 23rd Mar 1945.
26.04.1945 - 14.05.1945
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-764 left Bergen under the command of Hanskurt von Bremen on 26th Apr 1945 and after two and a half weeks arrived at Loch Eriboll, UK on 14th May 1945.

Notes for U-764


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BLACKWOOD HMS

CORAL

LCT-1047

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