List of all U-boats
U-452
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 30 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 25 May 1940 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 283) | ||||||||
| Launched | 29 Mar 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 May 1941 | Kptlt. Jürgen March | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 25 Aug, 1941 in the North Sea south-east of Iceland, in position 61.30N, 15.30W, by depth charges from the British Anti-Submarine Trawler HMS Vascama and depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 209/J). 42 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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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-452 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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