U-1224 1944
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | U-1224 | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1944 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | U-boat | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Empire of Japan, Nazi Germany | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Imperial Japanese Navy, Kriegsmarine | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | World War II | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 18.1300, -33.2200 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
German submarine U-1224 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. She was constructed by Deutsche Werft of Hamburg, and was commissioned on 20 October 1943, with Kapitänleutnant Georg Preuss in command. She was assigned to the 31st U-boat Flotilla, a submarine training unit.
In late 1943 and early 1944, she was used as a training ship for Japanese sailors. In the summer of 1943 a full crew of Japanese submariners arrived in Germany to be trained on the operations of German U-boats, on the initiative of the German naval attaché in Japan, Paul Wenneker, who wanted to share German submarine knowledge and technology with the Japanese. U-1224 was transferred into Japanese service on 15 February 1944, after the Japanese crew spent several months training in the Baltic Sea. While in Kiel, she was commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy as Ro-501, and shortly afterwards departed for Japan, along with a cargo of war materials and four Japanese naval engineers who had been studying in Germany.
Ro-501 was sunk on 13 May 1944 on her way to Japan by a U.S. Navy anti-submarine hunter-killer group, about 500 nautical miles off Cape Verde in the Atlantic, after spending two days trying to evade…
Location
- Recorded position: 18.1300, -33.2200 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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