U-1228

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down16 Feb 1943 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 391)
Launched2 Oct 1943
Commissioned22 Dec 1943Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Marienfeld
Commanders
22 Dec 1943 - 13 May 1945  Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Marienfeld
Career
2 patrols
22 Dec 1943-31 Jul 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944-31 Oct 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov 1944-8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 warship sunk for a total of 900 tons
Fate

Surrendered at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA on 17 May, 1945. Scuttled 5 Feb 1946 off the east coast of the USA.

See the 1 ships hit by U-1228 - View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

18 Sep 1944
After being damaged by a British B-24 Liberator (Sqdn 224/R, pilot P. M. Hill) the boat suffered Schnorchel damage which resulted in a CO2 poisoning of its crew. One man died. [Matrosenobergefreiter Matthias Mittler]

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in September 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from the boat

18 Sep 1944
After being damaged by a Liberator (Sqdn 224/R) the boat suffered Schnorchel damage which resulted in a CO2 poisoning of its crew. One man died. [Matrosenobergefreiter Matthias Mittler]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.