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U-454

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered30 Oct, 1939
Laid down 4 Jul, 1940 Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 285)
Launched30 Apr, 1941
Commissioned24 Jul, 1941Kptlt. Burckhard Hackländer
Commanders
24 Jul, 1941 - 1 Aug, 1943  Kptlt. Burckhard Hackländer
Career10 patrols 24 Jul, 1941 - 31 Oct, 1941  5. Flottille (training)
1 Nov, 1941 - 1 Aug, 1943  7. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 557 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.870 tons
1 ship damaged for a total of 5.395 GRT
Fate

Sunk at 1400hrs on 1 Aug, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.36N, 10.23W, by depth charges from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (RAAF Sqdn. 10/B). 32 dead and 14 survivors.

See the 3 ships hit by U-454 - View the 10 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-454 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Veilchen (24 Oct, 1942 - 6 Nov, 1942)
   Landknecht (22 Jan, 1943 - 28 Jan, 1943)
   Pfeil (2 Feb, 1943 - 9 Feb, 1943)
   Ritter (14 Feb, 1943 - 26 Feb, 1943)
   Rhein (8 May, 1943 - 11 May, 1943)
   Elbe 2 (11 May, 1943 - 13 May, 1943)

Attacks on this boat

10 May, 1943
Around convoy HX 237 a Swordfish from the escort carrier HMS Biter drove the boat down without damages. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 327)

1 Aug, 1943
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:British Sunderland (Sqdn 10/B)

The boat was sunk in this attack.

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

26 Feb, 1942
Two days after leaving Trondheim, Norway U-454 lost Matrosengefreiter Josef Kauer overboard.

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

Dark Sky, Deep Water, Franks, Norman, 1997 (transl.)
German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sunderland Era 1939-45, Baff, K.C. (Flight Lieutenant), 1983
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