German submarine U-424

German submarine U-424 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out two patrols. She was a member of four wolfpacks. She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was sunk by British warships southwest of Ireland in February 1944.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 16 April 1942 at the Danziger Werft (yard) at Danzig (now Gdansk), as 'werk' 125, launched on 28 November and commissioned on 7 April 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant Günter Lüders.

She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 7 April 1942 and the 1st flotilla from 1 October 1943.

Patrols and loss
The boat's first patrol was preceded by a trip from Kiel in Germany to Trondheim in Norway. U-424 then left Trondheim on 22 October 1943 and headed for the Atlantic Ocean via the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, arriving in Brest in occupied France on 15 December.

Her second sortie began on 29 January 1944. On 11 February, she was attacked and sunk by depth charges dropped by the British sloops HMS Wild Goose and Woodpecker.

Fifty men went down with the U-boat; there were no survivors.