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 (front boat)
1 Oct 1944	-	8 May 1945	33. Flottille (front boat)

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.

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

She then resumed her war patrol and sank the Canadian steamer Cornwallis (5,458 tons) on 3 Dec. She returned to 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.