U 1235
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| Type : | IX C / 40 |
| Field Post Number : | M-50 796 |
| Shipyard: | Deutsche Werft AG , Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | October 14, 1941 |
| Build number: | 398 |
| Keel laying: | May 25, 1943 |
| Launch: | January 25, 1944 |
| Commissioning: | May 17, 1944 |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol |
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| Whereabouts: | Sunk on April 15, 1945 in the North Atlantic west of Portugal |
U 1235 was a German long-haul class IX C / 40 submarine , which was used at the end of the Second World War . It was the last submarine in the class.
Construction and commissioning
The history of the IX C / 40 boat began on October 14, 1941 with the award of its building contract. As the new 398 it was laid on May 25, 1943 at Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg and launched on January 25, 1944. After successfully equipping the finished boat, it was put into service on May 17, 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See (war officer), later Kapitänleutnant (war officer) Franz Barsch. U 1235 had a perch on a blue-striped shield as its emblem and received an improved tower before leaving Kiel , with the same anti-aircraft armouring other Type IX boats of the time, and a snorkel, which was necessary on the submarines from 1944.
Use statistics
Relocation trip
U 1235 and U 735 left Kiel on December 21, 1944 and moved to Horten , where diving and snorkeling exercises were carried out in the Oslo fjord there.
First use
The boat left Horten on December 28, 1944, and entered Kristiansand the next day , where some additions were made. After its completion, the port of Egersund was called on January 1, 1945 due to high air hazard. It then moored in Stavanger on January 3rd , but had to be called to Bergen for repairs due to a snorkel defect and a bottoming out. After repairs had been carried out, U 1235 was able to leave for the first patrol on March 19. It operated on this 45 day long voyage in the North Atlantic with the last submarine group of the Kriegsmarine, the Seewolf group, which in addition to U 1235 from U 518 under Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Werner Offermann, U 546 under Kapitänleutnant Paul Just, U 805 existed under Korvettenkapitän Richard Bernadelli, U 858 under Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode and U 880 under Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Schötzau. U 1235 was unable to sink or damage any ships during the journey .
Loss of U 1235
On April 15, 1945, the boat was sighted on the surface by the US destroyers USS Frost (DE-144) and USS Stanton (DE-247) and sunk with Hedgehog . It was a total loss with 57 dead. The next day the same destroyers sank KL Schötzaus U 880 , which sank with all men on board. U 1235 is now at the position 42 ° 54'N - 30 ° 25'W
Web links
literature
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ According to uboat.net, U 1235 carried out two patrols.
- ↑ Originally, U 1235 was to be put into service by Lieutenant Rolf Bahn, as he appeared as the commander during the building instruction of the boat. But after the boat was taken over by Lieutenant Barsch, he went to Bremen to take over the construction of the last Type IX D2 submarine, the U 876, and took it over on May 24, 1944.
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 172.
- ↑ The Seewolf group operated from April 14, 1945 to May 1, 1945. Only U 805 and U 858 remained as the only submarines of the group and capitulated to the US Navy.