U-1229
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 14 Oct 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 2 Mar 1943 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 392) | ||||||||
| Launched | 22 Oct 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 13 Jan 1944 | Kptlt. Armin Zinke | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 20 Aug, 1944 in the North Atlantic south-east of Newfoundland, in position 42.20N, 51.39W, by depth charges and rockets from 3 Avenger and 2 Wildcat aircraft (VC-42) of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. 18 dead and 41 survivors. | |||||||||
General notes on this boat
20 Aug 1944. The boat was on a mission to land an agent, Oskar Mantel, in the Gulf of Maine but the boat was sunk on the outbound route. Mantel was among the survivors.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1229 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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