German submarine U-1230: Difference between revisions

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-1230
Ordered	14 October 1941
Builder	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Yard number	397
Laid down	15 March 1943
Launched	8 November 1943
Commissioned	26 January 1944
Fate	Surrendered, 8 May 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IXC/40 submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced; 1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a; 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draft	4.67 m (15 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 PS (4,340 shp; 3,236 kW); 2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 PS (986 shp; 735 kW)
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced; 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 63 nmi (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 44 enlisted
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern); 22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes; anti-aircraft guns;
Service record
Commanders:	Kptlt. Hans Hilbig
Victories:	1 ship 5,458 GRT

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Laid down on 15 March 1943 at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, and commissioned on 26 January 1944 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Hilbig, it only undertook one patrol, operating from Horten, Norway, returning safely to Kristiansand, Norway in early 1945.

Its one war patrol was of historical interest less for its role in the Battle of the Atlantic (a Canadian steamer of 5,458 tons was its sole victim), than for its role in transporting two German spies to the United States.

William Curtis Colepaugh and Eric Gimpel were landed at Hancock Point in the Gulf of Maine on 29 November 1944 in Operation Magpie ("Unternehmen Elster"). The mission was intended to gather technical intelligence but failed, and both spies were captured.

At the end of the war it was captured by the Allies, transferred to Loch Ryan in Scotland, and destroyed by the Royal Navy frigate Cubitt as part of "Operation Deadlight". Unusually for a U-boat, U-1230 does not seem to have suffered any casualties during the war.

Date	Ship Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate^[2]
3 December 1944	Cornwallis	Canada	5,458	Sunk

^ Gröner 1985, pp. 105–7.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-1230". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher (in German). Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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Preceded by: Type IXC Followed by: Type IXD
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