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| U-709 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 49 765 |
| Construction Yard | H C Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 773 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 5th May 1941 |
| Launched | 14th Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12th Aug 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
8.KLA, Hamburg | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 08.42 - 02.43 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 03.43 - 03.44 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 08.42 - 12.43 | OL Karl-Otto Weber
see also: U-371 |
| 12.43 - 03.44 | OL Rudolf Ites |
| Operations information for U-709 | 13.02.1943 - 18.03.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-709 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Otto Weber on 13th Feb 1943 and arrived at Brest on 18th Mar 1943 after more than four weeks.
On 14th Mar 1943 in square BE 29, U-709 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft. U-709 was not damaged by the attack.
| 15.04.1943 - 23.05.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 15th Apr 1943, U-709 left Brest under the command of Karl-Otto Weber and returned to Brest on 23rd May 1943 after five and a half weeks on patrol.
| 05.07.1943 - 20.07.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-709 departed under Karl-Otto Weber from Brest on 5th Jul 1943 and arrived back at Brest on 20th Jul 1943 after just over two weeks on patrol.
| 02.10.1943 - 03.10.1943
Fourth Sailing
U-709 left Brest under the command of Karl-Otto Weber on 2nd Oct 1943 and returned one day later to Brest on 3rd Oct 1943.
| 06.10.1943 - 28.11.1943
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 6th Oct 1943, U-709 left Brest under the command of Karl-Otto Weber and arrived at Lorient on 28th Nov 1943 after seven and a half weeks.
| 25.01.1944 - 01.03.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-709 departed under Rudolf Ites from Lorient on 25th Jan 1944. U-709 was lost on 1st Mar 1944.
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