Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Dec 1941 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 121) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Reese | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Missing since 20 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic. No explanation exists for its loss. 49 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, January 1996). | |||||||||
The boat reported for the last time from approximate position 48.00N, 21.00W while enroute to its operational area of Newfoundland.
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 26 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in postion 50.49N, 41.01W, by depth charges from a Canadian Liberator aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 10/A). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was in fact against U-91 inflicting no damage.
Attacks on this boat
3 Jul 1943
On 3 July U-420 was attacked by a Canadian B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 10/B) and two men were killed with one more wounded when the boat was hit with a Fido homing torpedo. She was severely damaged and arrived at Lorient on 16 July. [Bootsmann Heinz Grosser, Matrosengefreiter Willi Noeske]
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
3 Jul 1943
On 3 July U-420 was attacked by a Canadian Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 10/B) and two men were killed with one more wounded when the boat was hit with a Fido homing torpedo. She was severely damaged and arrived at Lorient on 16 July. [Bootsmann Heinz Grosser, Matrosengefreiter Willi Noeske]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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