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 | 26 Jun 1943 - 30 Sep 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Oct 1943 - 28 Feb 1945 23. Flottille (school boat) 1 Mar 1945 - 3 May 1945 31. Flottille (str-b) | ||||
| 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. | |||||
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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