List of all U-boats

U-779

Type

VIIC

Ordered

20 Jan 1941

Laid down

21 Jul 1943

Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), Wilhelmshaven (werk 162)

Launched

17 Jun 1944

Commissioned

24 Aug 1944

Oblt. Johann Stegmann

Commanders

24 Aug 1944

5 May 1945

Oblt. Johann Stegmann

Career
No patrols

24 Aug 1944

5 May 1945

31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland from Wilhelmshaven on 24 June 1945.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 17 December, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W, by gunfire from the destroyer HMS Onslow and the frigate HMS Cubitt.

Final location

Blue marker shows final fate during Operation Deadlight. Orange marker shows German surrender.

Previously recorded fate

Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 8 May, 1945.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-779 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.