Unterseeboot 413

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U-413
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	VIIC
Fieldpost number	M 03 918
Shipyard	Danziger Werft AG, Danzig
Yard number	114
Ordered	15 August 1940
Laid down	April 25, 1941
Launched	15 January 1942
Commissioned	June 3, 1942
Career
Patrols	8
Flotillas	8. Unterseebootsflottille (Training) 1942-06-03 - 1942-10-31 1. Unterseebootsflottille (Front Boat) 1942-11-01 - 1944-08-20
Commanders	Kapitänleutnant Gustav Poel 1942-06-03 — 1944-04-19 Oberleutnant Dietrich Sachse 1944-04-20 — 1944-08-20
Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 36.885 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.100 GRT
Fate
Sunk on 20 August 1944 in the English Channel, by depth charges. 45 dead and 1 survivor

Unterseeboot 413 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She was commissioned in mid 1942, with Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Poel in command. Poel commanded her (receiving a promotion to Kapitänleutnant) until April 19, 1944, when he was relieved by Oblt. Dietrich Sachse who commanded her until her loss.

1 Career
2 Fate
3 Trivia
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Career

U-413 conducted eight patrols in World War II, sinking six ships totaling of 37,985 tons.

On November 14, 1942, she sank the 20,107-ton troop transport ship MV Warwick Castle (one of the largest sunk in World War II).

At 8:44 am, the ship, under Master Henry Richard Leepman-Shaw in convoy MKF-1X was hit by one of two torpedoes fired, about 200 miles northwest of Cape Espichel, Portugal. The U-boat hit her with two coups de grâce at 8:57 am that caused the ship to sink about one hour later. The master, 61 crew members and 34 service personnel died. 201 crew members, 29 gunners and 5 naval and 131 service personnel were rescued by HMS Achates, HMS Vansittart, HMCS Louisburg, and the British motor merchant MV Leinster. The ship had been in convoy Convoy KMF-1 for Operation Torch.

On November 19, 1942, U-413 was attacked by a British Lockheed Hudson aircraft with five bombs and was damaged so severely that she had to return to base.

[edit] Fate

U-413 did not suffer any casualties until August 20, 1944, when she was sunk in the English Channel by depth charges from the British escort destroyer Wensleydale and the destroyers Forester and Vidette. 45 of her crew were killed; there was one survivor.