Unterseeboot 461 (U-461) was a
Type XIV U-boat ("
Milchkuh") of the
Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down
December 9,
1940, by
Deutsche Werke[?] of
Kiel.
She was commissioned
January 30,
1942 with
Oberleutnant zur See Hinrich-Oscar Bernbeck in command. Bernbeck was promoted to
Kapitänleutnant by
April 21,
1942, when he was relieved by
Korvettenkapitän Wolf-Harro Stiebler.
U-461 conducted six patrols. As a supply boat, she avoided combat.
On July 30, 1943, in the Bay of Biscay northwest
of Cape Ortegal[?], Spain, U-461 was sunk by Australian
Sunderland aircraft. Fifteen of her crew survived; 53 were killed.