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 | 13 Jan, 1944 - 31 Jul, 1944 31. Flottille (training) 1 Aug, 1944 - 20 Aug, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| 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
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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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 U-Boats at War, Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001 |