List of all U-boats
U-428
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 13 Aug 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 129) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 11 Mar 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 26 Jun 1943 | Capitano di Corvetta Athos Fraternale | ||||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Renamed S 1 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-428 after the Italian surrender. Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 in the Nord-Ostsee canal at Audorf, in position 54.19N, 09.40E. | |||||||||||||
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Wreck broken up in 1946.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-428 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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