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| U-421 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 49 743 |
| Construction Yard | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 122 |
| Ordered | 10th Apr 1941 |
| Keel laid | 20th Jan 1942 |
| Launched | 24th Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 13th Jan 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 01.43 - 10.43 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.43 - 03.44 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| 04.44 - 04.44 | 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 13.01.43 - 29.04.44 | LT ~ OL Hans Kolbus
see also: U-596 U-407 |
| Operations information for U-421 | 06.11.1943 - 08.01.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-421 left Kiel under the command of Hans Kolbus on 6th Nov 1943 and arrived at Brest on 8th Jan 1944 after nine weeks.
| 19.02.1944 - 01.04.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Feb 1944, U-421 left Brest under the command of Hans Kolbus and after six weeks arrived at Toulon on 1st Apr 1944.
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