U-449
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 21 Nov, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 17 Jul, 1941 | F. Schichau, Danzig (werk 1520) | ||
| Launched | 13 Jun, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 22 Aug, 1942 | Oblt. Hermann Otto | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 22 Aug, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 May, 1943 - 24 Jun, 1943 7. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk at 1600hrs on 24 June, 1943 in the North Atlantic, north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.00N, 11.59W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Wren, HMS Woodpecker, HMS Kite and HMS Wild Goose. 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Attacks on this boat
14 Jun, 1943
A British B-24 (Sqdn 120, pilot Samuel E. Esler), escorting convoy ON(S) 10, hit the boat causing slight damages. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 357)
1 recorded attacks 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-449 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |