Unterseeboot 438

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Unterseeboot 438 or U-438 was a German World War II Type VIIC submarine commissioned on 22 November 1941. U-438 served with 8. Unterseebootflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) for training and later with 9. Unterseebootflottille from 1 August 1942 to 6 May 1943. U-438 completed four patrols sinking four ships totalling 19,502 gross register tons (GRT) or GRT and damaging one ship totalling 5,496 GRT.

U-438 was sunk with all hands on 6 May 1943 northwest Newfoundland by depth charges from the sloop HMS Pelican.

[edit] References

  • Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
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