U-1235
Type | IXC/40 | |||||
| Ordered | 14 Oct, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 25 May, 1943 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 398) | ||||
| Launched | 25 Jan, 1944 | |||||
| Commissioned | 17 May, 1944 | Oblt. Franz Barsch | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 17 May, 1944 - 30 Nov, 1944 31. Flottille (training) 1 Dec, 1944 - 15 Apr, 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 15 April, 1945 in the North Atlantic, in position 42.54N, 30.25W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Stanton and USS Frost. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1235 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 USS Frost, Kerrigan, Warren J., 2001 |