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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-72Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 21 325
Construction YardF.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number619
Ordered25th Jan 1939
Keel laid28th Dec 1939
Launched22nd Nov 1940
Commissioned4th Jan 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.41 - 03.4521.U-Flottille, Pillau
Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
01.41 - 09.41KK Hans-Werner Neumann
see also: U-117 
09.41 - 12.41OL Helmut Köster
12.41 - 05.42KL Waldemar Mehl
see also: U-62 U-371 
05.42 - 11.42OL Hans-Martin Scheibe
see also: U-455 
11.42 - 12.43OL Helmut Lange
see also: U-1053 
1243 - 05.44OL Paul Sander
see also: U-4 
05.44 - 03.45OL Karl-Theodor Mayer

Notes for U-72
U-72 was damaged during an USAF raid on Bremen. The boat remained there until it was scuttled on 2nd May 1945.

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