German submarine U-974

German submarine sunk by the Norwegian submarine " ULA"

Sunk : 19 April, 1944 i possision 59.08N, 05.23E,
42 dead and 8 survivors

Type	VIIC
Laid down	26 Jun, 1942	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Commissioned	22 Apr, 1943	Oblt. Joachim Zaubitzer
Commanders	04.43 - 11.43 11.43 - 04.44	Kptlt. Joachim Zaubitzer Kptlt. Heinz Wolff

The loss of U-974
The Norwegian submarine Ula fired a spread of 4 torpedoes towards U-974 at the range of about 1200 meters. One of those hit the boat just aft of the conning tower causing a major explosion which shook the Ula which crash dived and during that dive they could hear the U-974 break in two as it sank.

The boat was discovered in 1996 by a ROV at about 190m depth (ca. 580 feet). She is broken in two parts, one of about 15 meters and the second of around 40 meters in length. The wreck lies about 1000m south east of Loten on the western Bokanfjorden, near Stavanger, Norway.