Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-691

Type VIIC/41 submarine

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-691? — 30 September 19431,488 days of the war
Type VIIC/41 submarine Particulars
Name
U-691
Builder
Howaldtswerke, Hamburg
Ordered
2 April 1942
Fate
Contract suspended on 30 September 1943
Cancelled on 22 July 1944 (1943)
Status
Never completed

U-691 was a Type VIIC/41 submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. She was built by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg.

She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

She was in commission for 1,488 days of the Second World War.

She was cancelled before completion on 30 September 1943.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Sister ships

587 more in the class

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