U-1230
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 14 Oct 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1943 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 393) | ||
| Launched | 8 Nov 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 26 Jan 1944 | Kptlt. Hans Hilbig | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 26 Jan 1944 - 31 Jul 1944 31. Flottille (training) 1 Aug 1944 - 30 Sep 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 5,458 GRT | |||
| Fate | Transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 24 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||
See the 1 ships hit by U-1230 - View the 1 war patrol
General notes on this boat
29 Nov 1944. German agents landed in America
The boat departed for its only war patrol from Horten, Norway on Oct 8, 1944. 51 days layer on 29 Nov, 1944 the boat landed 2 German agents at Hancock Point in the Gulf of Maine, USA.
She then resumed her war patrol and sank the Canadian steamer Cornwallis (5,458 tons) on 3 Dec. She returned to Kristiansand, Norway on 13 Feb, 1945.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1230 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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