U-423
Type | VIIC | |||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||||||
| Laid down | 16 Mar, 1942 | Danziger Werft, Danzig (werk 124) | ||||||
| Launched | 7 Nov, 1942 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Mar, 1943 | Oblt. Joachim Methner | ||||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 3 Mar, 1943 - 17 Jun, 1944 8. Flottille (training) | ||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||
| Fate | Sunk 17 June, 1944 north-east of the Faeroes, in position 63.06N, 02.05E, by depth charges from a Norwegian Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 333/D). 53 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-423 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 |