U-413
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Apr 1941 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 114) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Jan 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Gustav Poel (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 7 patrols |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 36,885 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,100 tons | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk on 20 Aug, 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50.21N, 00.01W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale and the destroyers HMS Forester and HMS Vidette. 45 dead and 1 survivor | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-413 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Westwall (8 Nov 1942 - 19 Nov 1942)
Jaguar (10 Jan 1943 - 31 Jan 1943)
Pfeil (1 Feb 1943 - 9 Feb 1943)
Adler (11 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943)
Meise (13 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
Star (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Naab (12 May 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Donau 2 (15 May 1943 - 26 May 1943)
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 2 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Tirpitz 2 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
Eisenhart 8 (9 Nov 1943 - 11 Nov 1943)
Attacks on this boat
19 Nov 1942
On 19 Nov, 1942 in the Atlantic, southwest of Cape St. Vincent in
position 35.38N, 11.48W a British Hudson aircraft (RAF Sqdn. 608/C) depth charged a contact believing to have sunk the U-98.
This attack was in fact against U-413 which escaped severely damaged.
8 Jun 1944
A British Halifax bomber (Sqdn 502, pilot J. Spurgeon) dropped four 600-pound bombs at the boat causing damages. Flak from the boat badly damaged the aircraft. The boat aborted its patrol and returned to base. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 583)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-413 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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