 German submarine U-1226

German submarine "U-1226" was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II.The U-boat, built for service in the Battle of the Atlantic, was completed in Hamburg in November 1943, and placed under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" August-Wilhem Claussen (Crew X/37), whose brother Emil had been killed on board the previous year.