Maritime record MWX1657 - U772

Engine HP: 2800 Propulsion: Screw driven x 2, oil engine Armament: 1 x 8.8cm.; 1 x 2cm.; 5 x TT. Owner: German Navy Crew: 44 Crew Lost: 44 Date of Loss Qualifier: A A Type VIIC German U-boat, sunk by bombs dropped by allied aircraft. (1)(2)

A periscope lens and sighting device possibly from this vessel has been reported to the Receiver of Wreck as possibly coming from this vessel, 50 24.77N 002 26.11W. Droit A/007).(3)

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. The U Boat Rossler E 1981 p335 <7>
Commissioned in 1943 (4)

Position 50 24.87N 2 26.20W taken from (4)
gross tonnage

NRHE: A Type VIIC German U-Boat, sunk by bombs dropped by Allied aircraft. (1)(2)

Type VIIC U-Boat.

30-DEC-1944: Operating undetected in the English Channel, U772 had sunk three merchantmen before attacking coastal convoy TBC 1, sinking one merchant and damaging another. Her periscope and schnorchel were then spotted by Wellington L of No.407 RCAF, which illuminated the craft with a Leigh light and dropped 6 depth charges. The aircraft circled the scene but saw no wreckage or oil. Believed sunk off Portland Bill in 50 05N 002 31W. (3) Kemp

30-DEC-1944: English Channel, south of Weymouth, in position 50 05N 002 31W by depth charges from a Wellington. (4) Niestle

U772 formerly believed sunk in position 50 05N 002 31W south of Weymouth on 30-DEC-1944, by aircraft depth charges. This attack is now believed to have been against U486, which escaped unharmed, and U772 is now believed to have been sunk in the North Atlantic, south of Cork, in position 51 16N 008 05W, by depth charges from HMS NYASALAND. (10)

Commissioned: 23-DEC-1943 (3)(10)
Builder: Kriegsmarinewerft (10)
Where Built: Wilhelmshaven (10)
Engine HP: 2800 (1)(2)
Propulsion: 2 screw-driven oil engines (1)(2)
Armament: 1 x 8.8cm; 1 x 2cm; 5 x TT (1)(2)
Commanding Officer: Kapitanleutnant Ewald Rademacher (8)(9)(10)
Crew: 44 (1)(2); 48 (8)(9)(10)
Crew Lost: 44 (1)(2); 48 (8)(9)(10)
Owner: Kriegsmarine / German Navy [all sources]

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> 2001, Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty (Index). SWX4542.

<4> McCartney, I, 2003, Lost Patrols, Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. (Monograph). SWX8097.

<5> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/0007 (Unpublished document). SWX214.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 1010 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Rossler, E, 1981, The U-Boat, 335 (Monograph). SDO20625.

<8> Kemp, P, 1997, U-boats destroyed : German submarine losses in the World Wars, 227 (Monograph). SWX6131.

<9> Niestle, Axel, 1998, German U-Boat Losses During World War II: Details of Destruction, 89 (Monograph). SDO20628.

<10> http://www.uboat.net/boats/u772.htm, accessed on 01-FEB-2013 (Digital archive). SDO20629.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900926 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2024 5:37PM