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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1234Type IXC/40
Feldpost NumberM 50 706
Construction YardDeutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number397
Ordered14th Oct 1941
Keel laid11th May 1943
Launched7th Jan 1944
Commissioned19th Apr 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.44 - 05.4431.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Decommissioned
10.44 - 01.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 05.454.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
04.44 - 05.44KL Helmut Thurmann
see also: U-3004 
10.44 - 05.45OL Hans-Christian Wrede

Notes for U-1234
U-1234 collided with the tug Anton and sank on the night of 14th May 1944. The boat was later raised and eventually recommissioned on 17th Oct 1944.

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