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| U-772 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 14 151 |
| Construction Yard | Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
| Yard Number | 155 |
| Ordered | 21st Nov 1940 |
| Keel laid | 21st Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 31st Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23rd Dec 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 12.43 - 07.44 | 31.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.44 - 10.44 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 12.44 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 12.43 - 12.44 | OL ~ KL Ewald Rademacher |
| Operations information for U-772 | 03.08.1944 - 05.08.1944
First Sailing
U-772 left Kiel under the command of Ewald Rademacher on 3rd Aug 1944 and arrived at Horten on 5th Aug 1944 after two days.
| 07.08.1944 - 11.08.1944
Second Sailing
On the 7th Aug 1944, U-772 left Horten under the command of Ewald Rademacher and after four days arrived at Trondheim on 11th Aug 1944.
| 13.08.1944 - 06.10.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-772 departed under Ewald Rademacher from Trondheim on 13th Aug 1944 and arrived back at Trondheim on 6th Oct 1944 after more than seven weeks on patrol.
| 19.11.1944 - 30.12.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-772 left Trondheim under the command of Ewald Rademacher on 19th Nov 1944. On the 30th Dec 1944, U-772 was sunk.
Ewald Rademacher hit five ships on this patrol, four of these ships were in convoy: One was from convoy MKS-71, two were from convoy TBC-21 and one was from convoy WEC-14.
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On 23rd Dec 1944 he sank the British 1,536 ton Slemish, sailing with convoy WEC-14.
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On 23rd Dec 1944 he sank the British 5,149 ton Dumfries, a member of convoy MKS-71.
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On 28th Dec 1944 he sank the British 7,177 ton HMS Empire Javelin.
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On 29th Dec 1944 he fatally damaged the American 7,176 ton Arthur Sewall, part of convoy TBC-21.
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On 29th Dec 1944 he fatally damaged the American 7,191 ton Black Hawk, from convoy TBC-21.
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