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| U-486 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 50 011 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 321 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 8th May 1943 |
| Launched | 12th Feb 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22nd Mar 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.44 - 10.44 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.44 - 04.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 22.03.44 - 12.04.45 | OLdR Gerhard Meyer |
| Operations information for U-486 | 06.11.1944 - 09.11.1944
First Sailing
U-486 left Kiel under the command of Gerhard Meyer on 6th Nov 1944 and arrived at return on 9th Nov 1944 after three days.
| 17.11.1944 - 20.11.1944
Second Sailing
On the 17th Nov 1944, U-486 left Horten under the command of Gerhard Meyer and after three days arrived at return on 20th Nov 1944.
| 26.11.1944 - 15.01.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-486 departed under Gerhard Meyer from Egersund on 26th Nov 1944 and arrived at return on 15th Jan 1945 after just over seven weeks.
Gerhard Meyer hit four ships on this patrol, two of these ships were in convoy: One was from convoy BTC-10 and one was from convoy WEP-3.
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On 18th Dec 1944 he sank the British 6,142 ton Silverlaurel, sailing with convoy BTC-10.
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On 24th Dec 1944 he sank the Belgian 11,509 ton Leopoldville, a member of convoy WEP-3.
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On 26th Dec 1944 he sank the British 1,085 ton HMS Capel.
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On 26th Dec 1944 he fatally damaged the British 1,085 ton HMS Affleck.
| 09.04.1945 - 12.04.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-486 left Bergen under the command of Gerhard Meyer on 9th Apr 1945 and after three days arrived at return on 12th Apr 1945.
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