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| U-419 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 51 062 |
| Construction Yard | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 120 |
| Ordered | 20th Jan 1941 |
| Keel laid | 7th Nov 1941 |
| Launched | 22nd Aug 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18th Nov 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 11.42 - 07.43 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.43 - 10.43 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 18.11.42 - 08.10.43 | OL Dietrich Giersberg |
| Operations information for U-419 | 31.08.1943 - 03.09.1943
First Sailing
U-419 left Kiel under the command of Dietrich Giersberg on 31st Aug 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 3rd Sep 1943 after three days.
| 13.09.1943 - 08.10.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 13th Sep 1943, U-419 left Bergen under the command of Dietrich Giersberg. U-419 was lost on 8th Oct 1943.
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| Notes for U-419 | On 8th October 1943 before dawn, while patrolling south-south-west of Iceland for convoy SC143, 86 SQN Liberator of 15th Grp CC RAF (FL J Wright) sighted U-419 which started to dive. 4 D/Cs were dropped however no result was evident. The SNO of the convoy then ordered Wright back to the convoy. At 0904, after returning to the scene, the Liberator saw the same U-Boat which remained on the surface as 2 D/Cs were dropped on it. After the explosions subsided U-419's bows were vertically out of the water, it went down and 15 men were seen in the water. 20 minutes later OL Giersberg was the only survivor to be found, having survived despite his leg being broken in two places.
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