U-Boat Operations

U-1223	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 53 099
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number	386
Ordered	25th Aug 1941
Keel laid	25th Nov 1942
Launched	23rd Jun 1943
Commissioned	6th Oct 1943
Baubelehrung	8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
10.43 - 07.44	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.44 - 12.44	2.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
01.45 - 04.45	33.U-Flottille, Flensburg Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
10.43 - 03.44	KL Harald Bosüner
03.44 - 04.45	OL Albert Kneip

Operations information for U-1223
06.08.1944 - 08.08.1944 First Sailing U-1223 left Kiel under the command of Albert Kneip on 6th Aug 1944 and arrived at Horten on 8th Aug 1944 after two days.
14.08.1944 - 17.08.1944 Second Sailing On the 14th Aug 1944, U-1223 left Horten under the command of Albert Kneip and after three days arrived at Bergen on 17th Aug 1944.
28.08.1944 - 24.12.1944 Third Sailing - active patrol U-1223 departed under Albert Kneip from Bergen on 28th Aug 1944 and arrived at Kristiansand on 24th Dec 1944 after nearly seventeen weeks. Albert Kneip hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy ONS-33G and one was from convoy QS-99. On 14th Oct 1944 he fatally damaged the Canadian 1,370 ton HMCS Magog, sailing with convoy ONS-33G. On 2nd Nov 1944 he damaged the British 7,134 ton Fort Thompson, a member of convoy QS-99.

Notes for U-1223

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3 relevant ships here:

TORONTO HMCS

MAGOG HMCS

FORT THOMPSON

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