German submarine U-452

German submarine U-452 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out one patrol. She sank no ships.

She was sunk by a British aircraft and a British warship southeast of Iceland, in August 1941.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 25 May 1940 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 283, launched on 29 March 1941 and commissioned on 29 May under the command of Kapitänleutnant Jürgen March.

She served with the 3rd U-boat Flotilla from 29 May 1941 for training and stayed with that organization for operations.

Patrol and loss
U-432's only patrol began with her departure from Trondheim in Norway on 19 August 1941. On the 25th, she was sunk southeast of Iceland after an attack by a Catalina flying boat of No. 209 Squadron RAF and HMS Vascama, an anti-submarine trawler.

Forty-two men went down with U-452; there were no survivors.