U-1230

Type

IXC/40

Ordered

14 Oct 1941

Laid down

15 Mar 1943

Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 393)

Launched

8 Nov 1943

Commissioned

26 Jan 1944

Kptlt. Hans Hilbig

Commanders

26 Jan 1944

8 May 1945

Kptlt. Hans Hilbig

Career
1 patrol

26 Jan 1944	-	31 Jul 1944	31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944	-	30 Sep 1944	10. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944	-	8 May 1945	33. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,458 GRT

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Heligoland, Germany (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 24 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 17 Dec, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W, by gunfire from the British frigate HMS Cubitt.

Final location

See the 1 ships hit by U-1230 - View the 1 war patrol

General notes on this boat

29 Nov 1944. German agents landed in America
The boat departed on its only war patrol from Horten, Norway on 8 Oct. 1944. 51 days layer on 29 Nov. the boat landed 2 two German agents at Hancock Point in the Gulf of Maine, USA.

She then resumed her patrol and sank the Canadian steamer Cornwallis (5,458 tons) on 3 Dec. She docked at Kristiansand, Norway on 13 Feb. 1945.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1230 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.