U-1230

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 15 Mar 1943 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 393)
Launched8 Nov 1943
Commissioned26 Jan 1944Kptlt. Hans Hilbig
Commanders
26 Jan 1944 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans Hilbig
Career1 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)
Successes1 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)
Sunk on 17 Dec, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W, by gunfire from the British frigate HMS Cubitt.

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.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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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.
U-Boats at War. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001.