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| U-224 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 05 768 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 654 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 15th Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 7th May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20th Jun 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 06.42 - 10.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.42 - 01.43 | 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 06.42 - 01.43 | OL Hans-Carl Kosbadt |
| Operations information for U-224 | 17.10.1942 - 09.12.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-224 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Karl Kosbadt on 17th Oct 1942 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 9th Dec 1942 after seven and a half weeks.
Hans-Karl Kosbadt hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy HX-212.-
On 29th Oct 1942 he sank the Canadian 3,921 ton Bic Island, sailing with convoy HX-212.
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On 12th Nov 1942 he sank the Panamanian 5,614 ton Buchanan.
| 03.01.1943 - 13.01.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 3rd Jan 1943, U-224 left St. Nazaire under the command of Hans-Karl Kosbadt. The boat was declared missing after 13th Jan 1943.
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| Notes for U-224 |
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