U-450


Type VIIC
Laid down 22 July 1941 Schichau, Danzig
Commissioned 12 Sept 1942 Oblt. Kurt Böhme
Commander 09.42 - 03.44 Oblt. Kurt Böhme
Career 4 patrols 09.42 - 05.43 8th Flotilla (Danzig) training
06.43 - 11.43 9th Flotilla (Brest)
12.43 - 03.44 29th Flotilla (Toulon)
Successes None
Fate Sunk 10 March, 1944 in the western Mediterranean south of Ostia, in position 41.11N, 12.27E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Blankney, Blencathra, Brecon and Exmoor and the US destroyer USS Madison DD425. 1 dead, 42 survivors.




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