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| U-426 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 46 323 |
| Construction Yard | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 127 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 20th Jun 1942 |
| Launched | 6th Feb 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12th May 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 05.43 - 09.43 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 10.43 - 10.43 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen Frontboot (operational)
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| 11.43 - 08.01.44 | 1.U-Flottille, Brest Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 12.05.43 - 08.01.44 | OL ~ KL Christian Reich see also: U-416 |
| Operations information for U-426 | 14.09.1943 - 17.09.1943 First Sailing
U-426 left Kiel under the command of Christian Reich on 14th Sep 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 17th Sep 1943 after three days.
| 05.10.1943 - 29.11.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 5th Oct 1943, U-426 left Bergen under the command of Christian Reich and after nearly eight weeks arrived at Brest on 29th Nov 1943.
Christian Reich hit one ship on this patrol from convoy ONS-20.-
On 15th Oct 1943 he sank the British 6,625 ton Essex Lance, sailing with convoy ONS-20.
| 03.01.1944 - 08.01.1944 Third Sailing - active patrol
U-426 departed under Christian Reich from Brest on 3rd Jan 1944. U-426 was sunk on 8th Jan 1944.
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