U-416
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug, 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 11 Aug, 1941 | Danziger Werft, Danzig (werk 117) | ||||||||
| Launched | 9 May, 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Nov, 1942 | Oblt. Christian Reich | ||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 4 Nov, 1942 - 30 Mar, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 4 Oct, 1943 - 1 Jul, 1944 23. Flottille (school boat) 1 Jul, 1944 - 12 Dec, 1944 21. Flottille (school boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 30 March, 1943 in the Baltic Sea near Bornholm in position 54.55N, 14.45E by a mine laid on 26 August 1942 by the Soviet submarine L-3 (Frunzevez). Number of fatalities unknown. Raised on 8 April, 1943. Used for training from 4 Oct, 1943. Sank on 12 Dec, 1944 in the Baltic Sea north-west of Pillau, in position 54.58N, 19.33E, after a collision with the German minesweeper M 203. 36 dead and 5 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-416 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 |