U-431

ORDERED 23rd SEPTEMBER 1939
KEEL LAID 4th JANUARY 1940
LAUNCHED 2nd FEBRUARY 1941
COMMISSIONED 5th APRIL 1941

 

TRAINING FLOTILLAS and DUTIES

APRIL 1941 - DECEMBER 1941 JANUARY 1942 - OCTOBER 1943
3rd U-FLOTILLA 29th U-FLOTILLA
KIEL & ST.NAZAIRE LA SPEZIA & TOULON
UNDER TRAINING
& OPERATIONAL
OPERATIONAL

 

COMMANDERS

05/04/1941 to 31/12/1942 01/01/1943 to 21/10/1943
WILHELM DOMMES
DIETRICH SCHONEBOOM
Born - 16/04/1907
Born - 04/12/1917
Died - 23/01/1990 (Aged 82)
Died - 21/10/1943 (Aged 25)

 

OPERATIONS

NINETEEN SAILINGS

10 SHIPS SUNK (17,955 Tons)
2 SHIPS DAMAGED (4,010 Tons)

 

FATE

SUNK 21st OCTOBER 1943 – MEDITERRANEAN IN POSITION 37.23N-00.35E BY DEPTH CHARGES FROM A BRITISH WELLINGTON AIRCRAFT (Sqdn./Z)

52 DEAD (ALL HANDS)