List of all U-boats

U-428

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down13 Aug 1942 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 129)
Launched11 Mar 1943
Commissioned26 Jun 1943Capitano di Corvetta Athos Fraternale
Commanders
26 Oct 1943 - 1 May 1944  Oblt. Helmut Münster
2 May 1944 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Hans-Ulrich Hanitsch
Career
No patrols
26 Jun 1943-30 Sep 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1943-28 Feb 1945  23. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-3 May 1945  31. Flottille (str-b)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Renamed S 1 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-428 after the Italian surrender.

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in the Nord-Ostsee canal at Audorf, in position 54.19N, 09.40E.

Wreck broken up in 1946.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-428 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.