Unterseeboot 429
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| U-429 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | VIIC
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| Launch Date | March 30, 1943 | ||
| Commission Date | July 14, 1943 | ||
| Construction yard | Danziger Werft, Danzig, now Gdańsk, Poland | ||
| Patrols | |||
| Start Date | End Date | Assigned Unit | |
| No Patrols | 8th Flotilla | ||
| No Patrols | 23rd Flotilla | ||
| No Patrols | 31st Flotilla | ||
| Commanders | |||
| October, 1943 | May, 1944 | Kptlt. Ernst-August Racky | |
| May, 1944 | May, 1945 | Kptlt. Martin Kuttkat | |
| Successes | |||
| Type of Ship Sunk | Number of Ships Sunk | Gross Registered Tonnage | |
| Commercial Vessels | None | 0 | |
| Military Vessels | None | 0 | |
Unterseeboot 429 or U-429 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Regia Marina during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 14 September 1942 by Danziger Werft of Danzig. She was then commissioned as S-4 on 14 July 1943 under the command of an Italian captain.
Following the Italian surrender on September 8, the Kriegsmarine took possession of the U-429, which was still in German waters, along with the U-428 and U-430. These boats were not deemed advanced or useful enough for full war service and on 27 October 1943 they were turned over to training flotillas for service in the Baltic Sea, training up submarine crews for despatch to operating boats, mainly based in France. After a very uneventful service life, the U-429 was caught in an open dock during a U.S. Eighth Air Force raid on the city of Wilhelmshaven on the 30 March 1945, and destroyed by bombing, although her crew were not on board at the time of the attack.
[edit] Modern dramatisation
The fictional 2003 movie In Enemy Hands features a fictional U-429, which captures the crew of a fictional version of USS Swordfish. [1]
[edit] References
- Sharpe, Peter, U-Boat Fact File, Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
- U-boat.net webpage for U-429
