Unterseeboot 72

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U-72 was a German Type VIIC World War II U-Boat commissioned on 4 January 1941; served with the 24. Unterseebootflottille (24th U-Boat Flotilla), a training unit and later with 21. Unterseebootflottille (21st U-Boat Flotilla) from 2 July 1941 to 30 March 1945. U-72 was used as a training boat until it was damaged in a daylight American bombing raid on 30 March 1945. U-72 was scuttled on 2 May 1945.

[edit] References

  • Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
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