Returning to port at Narvik, U-703 was cheered by her victory, but she struggled to make further impressions during the year, as her two further patrols yielded only one victim, the British destroyer , which was fatally crippled by a torpedo near Convoy PQ 18 in September.
Upon returning to port at Narvik, U-703 was greeted with cheers for her victory, but she struggled to make further notable contributions during the year, as two subsequent patrols resulted in only one successful attack, damaging a British destroyer near Convoy PQ 18 in September.