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 |
Given to Italy in exchange for transport submarines and renamed S 1. On 10 September 1943 taken over by the Kriegsmarine at Gotenhafen after the Italian surrender and commissioned as U-428 on 26 October 1943. Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in the Ober-Eider near Audorf in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Canal, in position 54.19N, 09.40E. Wreck broken up in 1946. | |||||||||||||
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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.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
An Elk |
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