U-452

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered30 Oct 1939
Laid down 25 May 1940 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 283)
Launched29 Mar 1941
Commissioned29 May 1941Kptlt. Jürgen March
Commanders
29 May 1941 - 25 Aug 1941  Kptlt. Jürgen March
Career1 patrol 29 May 1941 - 1 Aug 1941  3. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1941 - 25 Aug 1941  3. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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).

View the 1 war patrol

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.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.