U-423
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 16 Mar 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 124) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Nov 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Mar 1943 | Oblt. Joachim Methner | ||||||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| 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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