List of all U-boats
U-420
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Dec 1941 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 121) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Reese | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Missing since 20 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic. No explanation exists for its loss. 49 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, January 1996). | |||||||||
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The boat reported for the last time from approximate position 48.00N, 21.00W while enroute to its operational area of Newfoundland.
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 26 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in postion 50.49N, 41.01W, by depth charges from a Canadian Liberator aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 10/A). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was in fact against U-91 inflicting no damage.
Attacks on this boat and other events
3 Jul 1943
A Fido homing torpedo launched from a Canadian B 24 Liberator (Sqdn 10/B) killed two men and wounded another. The boat was severely damaged but managed to reach base at Lorient on on 16 July. [Bootsmann Heinz Grosser, Matrosengefreiter Willi Noeske]
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-420 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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