Patrol info for U-427
Date lookup for 29 Apr 1945
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 21 Apr 1945 | Narvik | 2 May 1945 | Kilbotn | 12 days |
Commander | Officers * |
 Oblt. Carl-Gabriel Graf von Gudenus |
U-427's position on 29 Apr 1945
Ships hit by U-427 on this date
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Attacks on U-427 during this patrol
29 Apr 1945
During an attack on convoy RA 66 U-427 attempted to torpedo two of the escorts, Canadian destroyers HMCS Haida and Iroquois. The escorts then dropped a total of 260 depth charges [per U-427 war diary] on U-427's supposed position over several hours. Through good luck and no doubt equal skill the U-boat escaped. This is believed to have been the penultimate attack on an Arctic convoy. Some sources give the tally of depth charges as 678, which we have been unable to verify.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.