German submarine U-957

German submarine U-957

U-Boat Infobox
type=VIIC
fieldpost number=
yard number=
order date=
keel=March 11, 1942
launch=1942
commission=January 7, 1943
yard=Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=Start Date
enddate=End Date
assigned unit=Assigned Unit
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=No Patrols
enddate=training boat
assigned unit=5th FlotillaU-Boat Patrol
startdate=August 1, 1943
enddate=December 31, 1943
assigned unit=3rd FlotillaU-Boat Patrol
startdate=January 1, 1944
enddate=September 30, 1944
assigned unit=11th FlotillaU-Boat Patrol
startdate=October 1, 1944
enddate=October 21, 1944
assigned unit=13th FlotillaU_Boat Command
startdate=January 7, 1943
enddate=March 20, 1945
name=Kptlt. Franz Saar
U_Boat Command
startdate=April 1, 1943
enddate=October 21, 1944
name=Kptlt. Gerd Schaar
U_Boat Sink
type=Type of Ship Sunk
total=Number of Ships Sunk
tonnage=Gross Registered Tonnage
U_Boat Sink
type=Commercial Vessels
total=2
tonnage=7.564
U_Boat Sink
type=Military Vessels
total=2
tonnage=604

"U-957" was a German VIIC Type submarine built during World War II.

On 19 October 1944 at Lofoten/Norway she had a collision with a German steamer. On 21 October 1944 she was taken out of service in Trondheim. On 29 May 1945 she was taken to England where she was broken up.

Raiding career

ee also

*List of U-boats

References

* Sharpe, Peter, "U-Boat Fact File", Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u957.htm U-boat.net webpage for "U-957"]


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