List of all U-boats
U-480
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Dec 1942 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 311) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 Aug 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Oct 1943 | Oblt. Hans-Joachim Förster | ||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 12,846 GRT 2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,775 tons | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk between 29 January and about 20 February 1945 in minefield Brazier D2 in position 50.22.04N, 001.44.10W. 48 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, December 2001). | |||||||||||||
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The wreck of U-480 was discovered by divers in 1998 south of Isle of Wight in the position listed above.
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 24 Feb, 1945 in the English Channel south-east of Isles of Scilly, in position 49.51.783N, 06.06.750W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth and HMS Rowley. (British U-boat tracking room, March 1945)
Notes.That attack instead sank the U-1208.
Attacks on this boat and other events
13 Jun 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:Canadian Catalina (Sqdn 162/B, pilot Laurance Sherman). The crew of this aircraft had sunk the U-980 only 2 days earlier. 3 of the 8 man crew of the aircraft died when ditched and 4 more on life rafts, leaving only 1 survivor, J. E. Roberts. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 591)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in May 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-480 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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