Unterseeboot 429

Career
Laid down:	14 September 1942
Commissioned:	14 July 1943
Fate:	sunk on 30 March 1945

Unterseeboot 429 (U-429) was a Type VIIC submarine[?] built for the Italian Navy[?] during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 14 September 1942 by Danziger Werft[?] of Danzig. She was commissioned as "S-4" on 14 July 1943 under the command of an Italian captain.

When Italy surrendered on September 8, the Kriegsmarine took possession of U-429 and on 27 October 1943 gave command of her to Oberleutnant zur See Ernst-August Racky. On 16 October 1944 Oblt. Martin Kuttkat relieved Racky and commanded the boat until her loss. The submarine served as a school boat for her entire career, and never conducted a war patrol.

U-429 was bombed and sunk on 30 March 1945 near Wilhelmshaven. She did not suffer any casualties to her crew during her career.

The 2003 movie "U-Boat[?]" features a fictional U-429, which captures the crew of a fictional USS Swordfish.