List of all U-boats
U-409
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 30 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 26 Oct 1940 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 110) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 23 Sep 1941 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 21 Jan 1942 | Oblt. Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann | ||||||||||||
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Career 6 patrols |
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Successes | 4 ships sunk, total tonnage 24,961 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 10 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,519 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 12 July 1943 in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Algiers, in position 37.12N, 04.00E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Inconstant. 11 dead and 37 survivors. | |||||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-409 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Vorwärts (25 Aug 1942 - 2 Sep 1942)
Streitaxt (20 Oct 1942 - 1 Nov 1942)
Raufbold (11 Dec 1942 - 18 Dec 1942)
Sturmbock (21 Feb 1943 - 26 Feb 1943)
Wildfang (26 Feb 1943 - 5 Mar 1943)
Westmark (6 Mar 1943 - 11 Mar 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-409 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
U-boat and large Hand |
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