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U-Boat Operations
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U-427Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 52 216
Construction YardDanziger Werft AG, Danzig
Yard Number128
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid27th Jul 1942
Launched6th Feb 1943
Commissioned2nd Jun 1943
Baubelehrung7.KLA, Danzig
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.43 - 07.448.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
06.44 - 07.447.U-Flottille.FdU Mitte, Norway
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
08.44 - 11.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
11.44 - 02.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
03.45 - 05.4514.U-Flottille, Narvik
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
02.06.43 - 08.05.45OL Graf Karl Gabriel von Gudenus

Operations information for U-427
20.06.1944 - 23.06.1944
First Sailing
U-427 left Kiel under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus on 20th Jun 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 23rd Jun 1944 after three days.
04.07.1944 - 06.07.1944
Second Sailing
On the 4th Jul 1944, U-427 left Stavanger under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 6th Jul 1944.
14.08.1944 - 17.08.1944
Third Sailing
U-427 departed under Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus from Trondheim on 14th Aug 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 17th Aug 1944 after three days.
25.09.1944 - 01.10.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-427 left Stavanger under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus on 25th Sep 1944 and returned six days later to Stavanger on 1st Oct 1944.
30.10.1944 - 08.11.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 30th Oct 1944, U-427 left Stavanger under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus and arrived back at Stavanger just over one week later on 8th Nov 1944.
11.11.1944 - 14.11.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-427 departed under Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus from Stavanger on 11th Nov 1944 and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 14th Nov 1944.
04.12.1944 - 23.02.1945
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-427 left Trondheim under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus on 4th Dec 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 23rd Feb 1945 after eleven and a half weeks.
23.02.1945 - 24.02.1945
Eighth Sailing
On the 23rd Feb 1945, U-427 left Stavanger under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus and after one day arrived at Bergen on 24th Feb 1945.
09.04.1945 - 20.04.1945
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-427 departed under Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus from Bergen on 9th Apr 1945 and arrived at Narvik on 20th Apr 1945 after one and a half weeks.
21.04.1945 - 02.05.1945
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-427 left Narvik under the command of Graf Karl-Gabriel von Gudenus on 21st Apr 1945 and after one and a half weeks arrived at Kilbotn on 2nd May 1945.

Notes for U-427


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