German submarine U-429

German submarine U-429

U-Boat Infobox
type=VIIC
fieldpost number=
yard number=
order date=
keel=September 14, 1942
launch=March 30, 1943
commission=July 14, 1943
yard=Danziger Werft, Danzig, now Gdańsk, Poland
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=Start Date
enddate=End Date
assigned unit=Assigned Unit
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=No Patrols
enddate=
assigned unit=8th FlotillaU-Boat Patrol
startdate=No Patrols
enddate=
assigned unit=23rd FlotillaU-Boat Patrol
startdate=No Patrols
enddate=
assigned unit=31st FlotillaU_Boat Command
startdate=October, 1943
enddate=May, 1944
name=Kptlt. Ernst-August Racky
U_Boat Command
startdate=May, 1944
enddate=May, 1945
name=Kptlt. Martin Kuttkat
U_Boat Sink
type=Type of Ship Sunk
total=Number of Ships Sunk
tonnage=Gross Registered Tonnage
U_Boat Sink
type=Commercial Vessels
total=None
tonnage=0
U_Boat Sink
type=Military Vessels
total=None
tonnage=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.

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". [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316824/]

References

* Sharpe, Peter, "U-Boat Fact File", Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u429.htm U-boat.net webpage for "U-429"]

ee also

*List of U-boats


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