List of all U-boats

U-423

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered10 Apr 1941
Laid down16 Mar 1942 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 124)
Launched7 Nov 1942
Commissioned3 Mar 1943Oblt. Joachim Methner
Commanders
3 Mar 1943 - 26 Sep 1943  Oblt. Joachim Methner
27 Sep 1943 - Oct, 1943   Hinrich Kelling
Oct, 1943 - 17 Jun 1944  Oblt. Klaus Hackländer
Career
1 patrol
3 Mar 1943-17 Jun 1944  8. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo 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).

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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.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.