December five miles off the coast of Cherbourg, France. This resulted in the death of over 750 Allied soldiers (819 total deaths). The Leopoldville sank about two hours later. She crippled the US-built but British manned frigate on the 26th. She also sank , another frigate, on the same day. She was unsuccessfully attacked by a Canadian Vickers Wellington of 407 Squadron, RCAF on 30 December. She returned to Norway, this time to Bergen, on 15 January 1945. Second patrol The boat departed Bergen on 9 April 1945, but was sunk by torpedoes from the British submarine on 12 April. Summary of raiding history Discovery of wreck In early 2013, the wreck of U-486 was discovered by the Norwegian petroleum company Statoil at a depth of , off the coast of Western Norway. The wreck of U-486 is located c. from that of the fellow German submarine . See also German submarine U-480 References Notes Citations Bibliography External links German Type VIIC submarines World War II submarines of Germany 1944 ships Ships built in Kiel U-boats commissioned in 1944 U-boats sunk in 1945 U-boats sunk by British submarines World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in April 1945