List of German submarines (1935–1945) / U 1001 – U 1250

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German submarines (1935–1945): U 1 – U 250 | U 251 – U 500 | U 501 – U 750 | U 751 - U 1000 | U 1001-U 1250 | U 1251-U 1500 | U 1501-U 4870

This list deals exclusively with the German submarines U 1001 to U 1250 of the Second World War from 1935 to 1945. See therefore also: List of U-Boot Classes , List of German U-Boot Classes , List of German U-Boats (1906 –1919) , List of German U-Boats (after 1945) , List of the U-Boats seized or captured by Germany .

Möltenort submarine memorial on the Kiel Fjord near Heikendorf

Legend

on the fate of the submarines (reference date May 8, 1945).

  • † = destroyed by enemy action
  • ? = missing in action
  • § = raised, captured or captured by the enemy
  • × = accident or sunk yourself
  • A = Decommissioned (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

U 1001-U 1050

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1001 VII C41 Nov 18, 1943 0Apr 8, 1945 † 6 patrols; no successes. Southwest of Land's End at 49 ° 19 ′  N , 10 ° 23 ′  W by the British frigates HMS Fitzroy and HMS Byron sunk with depth charges (45 dead, total loss)
U 1002 VII C41 Nov 30, 1943 0May 8, 1945 × 1 patrol; no successes. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1003 VII C41 0Dec 9, 1943 23 Mar 1945 × 1 patrol; no successes. Rammed the Canadian frigate HMCS New Glasgow on March 20, 1945 and was sunk in the northern English Channel at 55 ° 25 ′  N , 6 ° 53 ′  W (17 dead, 31 survivors)
U 1004 VII C41 Dec 16, 1943 0May 8, 1945 § 2 patrols; 1 ship with 1313 GRT and 1 warship with 980 t sunk. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1005 VII C41 Dec 30, 1943 0May 8, 1945 § 2 patrols; no successes. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Capsized and sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 33 '  N , 8 ° 27'  W.
U 1006 VII C41 Jan. 11, 1944 Oct 16, 1944 × 1 patrol; no successes. Southeast of the Faroe Islands at 60 ° 59 ′  N , 4 ° 49 ′  W after a battle with the Canadian frigate HMCS Annan himself sunk (6 dead, 44 survivors)
U 1007 VII C41 Jan. 18, 1944 0May 2, 1945 × 1 patrol; no successes. After damage by four British aircraft of the type Hawker Typhoon near Lübeck at 53 ° 54 '  N , 11 ° 28'  O (2 deaths, number of survivors unknown) is set to beach
U 1008 VII C41 0Feb. 1, 1944 0May 6, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk north of the island of Hjelm at 56 ° 14 ′  N , 10 ° 51 ′  E after being attacked by British B-24 Liberator aircraft (44 survivors, no dead)
U 1009 VII C41 Feb 10, 1944 May 10, 1945 § 2 patrols; no successes. In hole Eriboll , Scotland , the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 24'  W.
U 1010 VII C41 Feb 22, 1944 May 14, 1945 § 1 patrol; no successes. In hole Eriboll , Scotland , the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 49'  W.
U 1011 VII C41 Commissioned on March 23, 1942, keel laying March 12, 1943. Damaged during construction at the Blohm & Voss shipyard on July 25, 1943 in the air raids of Operation Gomorrah on Hamburg. The repair was stopped on July 22, 1944
U 1012 VII C41 Commissioned on March 23, 1942, keel laying March 11, 1943. Damaged during construction at the Blohm & Voss shipyard on July 25, 1943 in the air raids of Operation Gomorrah on Hamburg. The repair was stopped on July 22, 1944
U 1013 VII C41 02nd Mar 1944 17th Mar 1944 × No patrols. After 15 days of training insert east of complaints at 54 ° 21 '  N , 13 ° 58'  O with U 286 collides and lower (25 dead, 26 survivors)
U 1014 VII C41 14 Mar 1944 0Feb. 4, 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. Collided with U 1015 on May 19, 1944 . Sunk with depth charges on February 4, 1945 in the Minch Canal at 55 ° 17 ′  N , 6 ° 44 ′  W by the British frigates HMS Loch Scavaig , HMS Nyasaland , HMS Papua and HMS Loch Shin (48 dead, total loss)
U 1015 VII C41 23 Mar 1944 May 19, 1944 × No patrols. Sunk west of Pillau at 54 ° 25 ′  N , 19 ° 50 ′  E after colliding with U 1014 (36 dead, 14 survivors)
U 1016 VII C41 0Apr 4, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Bay of Lübeck itself
U 1017 VII C41 Apr 13, 1944 Apr. 29, 1945 † 2 patrols; 2 ships with a total of 10,604 GRT sunk. Northwest of Ireland at 56 ° 4 ′  N , 11 ° 6 ′  W by a British B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (34 dead, number of survivors unknown)
U 1018 VII C41 Apr 24, 1944 Feb. 27, 1945 † 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1,317 GRT sunk. South of Penzance at 49 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 20 ′  W by the British frigate HMS Loch Fada sunk with depth charges (51 dead, two survivors)
U 1019 VII C41 0May 4, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § 1 patrol; no successes. In Trondheim to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 27 '  N , 7 ° 56'  W.
U 1020 VII C41 May 17, 1944 0Jan. 3, 1945 ? 1 patrol; no successes. Lost north of the Hebrides since December 31, 1944 (52 dead, total loss)
U 1021 VII C41 May 25, 1944 30th Mar 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. Run into a mine near Newquay (43 dead, total loss), wreck found in 2006
U 1022 VII C41 0June 7, 1944 0May 8, 1945 § 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1392 GRT and 1 auxiliary warship with 328 GRT sunk. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. As part of the operation Dead Light in position 55 ° 40 '  N , 8 ° 15'  W sunk
U 1023U 1023 VII C41 June 15, 1944 May 10, 1945 § 1 patrol; 1 warship sunk with 335 t; 1 ship with 7,345 GRT damaged. In Weymouth to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  W.
U 1024 VII C41 June 28, 1944 Apr 12, 1945 § 1 patrol; 1 ship with 7176 GRT sunk; 1 ship with 7200 GRT damaged. Attacked south of the Isle of Man by the two British frigates HMS Loch Glendhu and HMS Loch More at 53 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 3 ′  W (9 dead, 37 survivors). On April 13, 1945 sank while trying to tow the boat into a harbor
U 1025 VII C41 Apr 12, 1945 Apr 30, 1945 A. No patrols. Decommissioned on April 30th due to defective batteries. Sunk by the Flensburg Fjord, wreck broken off
U 1026 VII C41 Commissioned on June 13, 1942, keel laying June 3, 1943, launched on May 25, 1944. Sunk himself in May 1945
U 1027 VII C41 Commissioned on June 13, 1942, keel laying June 17, 1943, launched on November 27, 1944. Sunk himself in May 1945
U 1028 VII C41 Commissioned on June 13, 1942, keel laying June 17, 1943, launched on November 28, 1944. Sunk himself in May 1945
U 1029 - U 1030 VII C41 Commissioned on June 13, 1942, keel laying June 28, 1943, launched on July 5, 1944. Sunk himself in May 1945
U 1031 - U 1032 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942, keel laying July 12, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1033 - U 1042 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1033 - U 1050 VII C41 Commissioned on January 2, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944

U 1051-U 1100

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1051 VII C 04th Mar 1944 Jan. 26, 1945 † 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1152 GRT and 1 warship with 1300 t sunk. South of the Isle of Man at 53 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 23 ′  W by the British frigates HMS Aylmer , HMS Calder , HMS Bentinck and HMS Manners sunk with depth charges and by ramming (47 dead, total loss)
U 1052 VII C Jan. 20, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. Training boat. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1053 VII C Feb 12, 1944 Feb 15, 1945 × 2 patrols; no successes. Near mountains in diving exercises at 60 ° 24 '  N , 5 ° 13'  O fell (45 deaths, total loss)
U 1054 VII C 25th Mar 1944 16 Sep 1944 A. No patrols. After collision with the auxiliary vessel, buoy 1 , laid up in Kiel . Later handed over to the British and canceled
U 1055 VII C 0Apr 8, 1944 Apr. 23, 1945 ? 2 patrols; 4 ships sunk with a total of 19,413 GRT. In the North Atlantic , or the Channel disappeared (49 deaths, total loss)
U 1056 VII C Apr 29, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself, wreck broken off
U 1057 VII C May 20, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. Abandoned in Bergen on May 10, 1945 and transferred to Loch Ryan , Scotland . Was put into service with the Soviet Navy as S 81
U 1058 VII C June 10, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. Surrendered to the Royal Navy on May 10, 1945 in Lough Eriboll , Northern Ireland . Was put into service as S 82 with the Soviet Navy
U 1059 VII F 0May 1, 1943 19 Mar 1944 † Supply boat. Should deliver torpedoes to Penang when deployed . Was sunk with depth charges on the way there near Cape Verde at 13 ° 10 ′  N , 33 ° 44 ′  W by American aircraft of the types Grumman TBF Avenger and Grumman F4F Wildcat (47 dead, eight survivors)
U 1060 VII F May 15, 1943 Oct. 27, 1944 × Supply boat. South of Bronnoysund at 65 ° 24 '  N , 11 ° 59'  O aground after missile and water bombs by British aircraft types Fairey Firefly , Fairey Barracuda and Handley Page Halifax and 2 Czechoslovak aircraft of the type Consolidated B-24 damaged had been (12 dead, 43 survivors)
U 1061 VII F Aug 25, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. Supply boat. Handed over to the Royal Navy in Bergen . After hole Ryan , Scotland , transferred and as part of the operation Dead Light at 56 ° 10 '  N , 10 ° 5'  W sunk
U 1062 VII F June 19, 1943 Sep 30 1944 † Supply boat. Should deliver torpedoes to Penang on its first mission . Was sunk with depth charges on the way back in the Atlantic by the US destroyer escort USS Fessenden (55 dead, total loss)
U 1063 VII C41 0July 8, 1944 Apr 15, 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. West of Land's End at 50 ° 8 ′ 54 ″  N , 3 ° 53 ′ 24 ″  W by the British frigate HMS Loch Killin sunk with depth charges (29 dead, 17 survivors)
U 1064 VII C41 July 29, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1564 GRT sunk. In Trondheim ( Norway ) to the Royal Navy passed. In service with the Soviet Navy as S 83 from November 1945
U 1065 VII C41 23 Sep 1944 0Apr 9, 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. Northwest of Gothenburg ( Sweden ) at 57 ° 48 ′  N , 11 ° 26 ′  E by ten British De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft sunk by air-to-sea missiles (45 dead, total loss)
U 1066 - U 1068 VII C41 Commissioned on October 14, 1941. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1069 - U 1080 VII C42 Commissioned on July 16, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled in favor of the XXI submarine
U 1081 - U 1092 XVII G Commissioned on January 4, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1093 - U 1100 VII C42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid

U 1101-U 1150

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1101 VII C41 Nov 10, 1943 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Wreck lifted and broken off
U 1102 VII C41 Feb 22, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. Training boat. In Kiel to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 35 ′  W.
U 1103 VII C41 0Jan. 8, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. Training boat. In Kiel to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 3 '  N , 10 ° 5'  W.
U 1104 VII C41 15th Mar 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. 1 patrol; no successes. In mountains to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1105 VII C41 0June 3, 1944 May 10, 1945 A. 1 patrol; 1 warship with 1300 tons sunk. Called "The Black Panther" because of its rubber coating to bypass sonar. In hole Eriboll handed over to the Allies. Now stands at 38 ° 8 '9 "  N , 76 ° 33' 9"  W and in 1994 was historic for the first shipwreck of Maryland , USA declares
U 1106 VII C41 0July 5, 1944 29 Mar 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. Northeast of the Faroe Islands at 61 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W by a British B-24 Liberator aircraft sunk with depth charges (46 dead, total loss)
U 1107 VII C41 0Aug 8, 1944 Apr 30, 1945 † 1 patrol; 2 ships sunk with a total of 15,209 GRT. Sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest ( France ) at 48 ° 0 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  W by a US aircraft of the Consolidated PBY Catalina type (37 dead, number of survivors unknown)
U 1108 VII C41 Nov 18, 1944  May 1949 A. No patrols. In Horten ( Norway ) to the Royal Navy handed over and used as a British type N-submarine for testing. Canceled in Wales in 1949
U 1109 VII C41 Aug 31, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. 1 patrol; no successes. In Horten to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  W.
U 1110 VII C41 Sep 24 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 45 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  W.
U 1111 - U 1114 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1115 - U 1120 VII C42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and demolished on November 6, 1943
U 1121 - U 1130 Construction contract not awarded
U 1131 VII C May 20, 1944 0April 1, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Hamburg- Finkenwerder after being damaged by British bombers
U 1132 VII C June 24, 1944 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in the copper mill bay itself and later demolished
U 1133 VII C41 Commissioned on January 2, 1943, keel laid April 27, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1134 VII C41 Commissioned on January 2, 1943, keel laying April 30, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1135 - U 1136 VII C41 Commissioned on January 2, 1943, keel laying January 24, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1137 - U 1140 VII C41 Commissioned on January 2, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1141 - U 1146 VII C41 Commissioned on February 22, 1943. Construction canceled on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid
U 1147 - U 1150 VII C42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction canceled on November 6, 1943 before the keel was laid

U 1151-U 1200

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1151 - U 1152 VII C42 Commissioned on April 17, 1943. Construction canceled on November 6, 1943 before the keel was laid
U 1153 - U 1154 VII C41 Commissioned on July 6, 1943. Construction canceled on November 6, 1943 before the keel was laid
U 1155 - U 1160 Construction contract not awarded
U 1161 VII C Aug 25, 1943 0May 4, 1945 × Training boat. To Italy passed and there as S 8 in service. After the Italian surrender, repatriated as U 1161 . Sunk in the copper mill bay itself, wreck broken off
U 1162 VII C Sep 15 1943 0May 5, 1945 × Training boat. To Italy passed and there as S 10 in service. After the Italian surrender, repatriated as U 1162 . Sunk and broken off in the Geltinger Bay itself
U 1163 VII C41 0Oct 6, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. 4 patrols; 1 ship with 433 GRT sunk. In Kristiansund to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1164 VII C41 Oct. 27, 1943 July 24, 1944 A. Moored and demolished in Kiel after being damaged by British air raids
U 1165 VII C41 Nov 17, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. 4 patrols; 1 warship with 39 t sunk. In Narvik to the Royal Navy ships. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 44 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  W.
U 1166 VII C41 0Dec 8, 1943 Aug 28, 1944 × No patrols. Damaged by a torpedo explosion on July 28, 1944 in Eckernförde (no deaths). Moored in Kiel on August 28th. Sunk in May 1945 in Dock 2 of the Deutsche Werke itself
U 1167 VII C41 December 29, 1943 30th Mar 1945 × Training boat. Sunk in Hamburg-Finkenwerder after being damaged by British bombers (1 dead, number of survivors unknown)
U 1168 VII C41 Jan. 19, 1944 0May 4, 1945 × No patrols. In the Geltinger bay at 54 ° 48 '  N , 9 ° 48'  O aground and even sunk
U 1169 VII C41 0Feb 9, 1944 29 Mar 1945 † 1 patrol; no successes. South of Lizard Point at 49 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  W by the British frigate HMS Duckworth sunk with depth charges (49 dead, total loss)
U 1170 VII C41 01st Mar 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Travemünde itself, wreck broken off
U 1171 VII C41 22 Mar 1944   1949 A. No patrols. Delivered to the Royal Navy on May 8, 1945 in Stavanger . Subsequently in service with the Royal Navy as N 19 . In April 1949 in Sunderland ( England canceled)
U 1172 VII C41 Apr 20, 1944 Jan. 27, 1945 † 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1599 GRT and 1 warship with 11,400 t sunk; 1 ship with 7,429 GRT damaged. In St. George's Channel at 52 ° 24 '  N , 5 ° 24'  W by the three British frigates HMS Tyler , HMS Keats and HMS Bligh with depth charges sunk (52 dead, total loss)
U 1173 VII C41 Commissioned on July 16, 1942, keel laid May 22, 1943, launched on December 18, 1943. Construction suspended on December 18, 1943, construction not completed
U 1174 VII C41 Commissioned on July 16, 1942, keel laying June 25, 1943, launched on October 21, 1943. Construction suspended on October 21, 1943, construction not completed
U 1175 VII C41 Commissioned on July 16, 1942, keel laying July 2, 1943, launched on October 28, 1943. Construction suspended on October 28, 1943 and canceled on September 23, 1944
U 1176 VII C41 Commissioned on July 16, 1942, keel laid on July 29, 1943, launched on November 6, 1943. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and canceled on September 23, 1944
U 1177 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942, keel laying August 7, 1943. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1178 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942, keel laid on September 9, 1943. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1179 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942, keel laid on September 22, 1943. Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1180 - U 1182 VII C41 Commissioned on September 22, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1183 - U 1188 VII C41 Commissioned on January 13, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1189 - U 1190 VII C41 Commissioned on March 22, 1943. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 and abandoned on July 22, 1944
U 1191 VII C 0Sep 9 1943 June 25, 1944 ? 1 patrol; no successes. Lost in the English Channel since June 12, 1944 (50 dead, total loss)
U 1192 VII C 23 Sep 1943 0May 5, 1945 × 1 patrol; no successes. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck lifted and broken off
U 1193 VII C 0Oct 7, 1943 0May 5, 1945 × 1 patrol; no successes. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself, wreck lifted and broken off
U 1194 VII C Oct 21, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. Training boat. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy ships. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 55 ′  W.
U 1195 VII C 0Feb 6, 1943 0Apr 7, 1945 † 1 patrol; 2 ships sunk with a total of 18,616 GRT. In the English Channel at 50 ° 33 '17 "  N , 0 ° 56' 9"  W from the British destroyer HMS Watchman with water bombs sunk (32 deaths, 18 survivors). Recovery attempt in the same month failed
U 1196 VII C Nov 18, 1943 0May 3, 1945 × Training boat. Damaged by a torpedo explosion in August 1944 and several under repair. Sunk in Travemünde itself. Later lifted and canceled.
U 1197 VII C 0Dec 2, 1943 Apr 25, 1945 × Training boat. Damaged in an air raid in Bremen, captured by British soldiers in Wesermünde . Sunk in the North Sea by the US Navy in 1946
U 1198 VII C 0Dec 9, 1943 0May 8, 1945 A. No patrols. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy passed. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 56 ° 14 ′  N , 10 ° 37 ′  W.
U 1199 VII C 23 Dec 1943 Jan. 21, 1945 † 2 patrols; 1 ship with 7176 GRT sunk. Sunk by the British destroyer HMS Icarus and the British corvette HMS Mignonette with depth charges near the Scilly Isles at 49 ° 57 ′  N , 5 ° 42 ′  W (48 dead, one survivor)
U 1200 VII C 0Jan. 5, 1944 Nov 11, 1944 † 1 patrol; no successes. South of Ireland at 50 ° 24 ′  N , 9 ° 10 ′  W by the British corvettes HMS Pevensey Castle , HMS Launceston Castle , HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Kenilworth Castle sunk with depth charges (53 dead, total loss)

U 1201-U 1250

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1201 VII C Jan. 13, 1944 0May 3, 1945 × Training boat. In Hamburg , self-sunk after being damaged by a bomber attack on March 11, wreck demolished
U 1202 VII C Jan. 27, 1944 0June 1, 1961 A. 2 patrols; 1 ship with 7176 GRT sunk. Delivered to the Royal Navy on May 10, 1945 in Bergen ( Norway ) . Served as KNM Chin in the Norwegian Navy from 1951 to 1961 . Canceled in Hamburg in 1963
U 1203 VII C Feb 10, 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. 1 patrol; 1 auxiliary warship with 580 GRT sunk. In Trondheim ( Norway ) to the Royal Navy ships. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1204 VII C Feb. 17, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × Training boat. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Later lifted and canceled
U 1205 VII C 02nd Mar 1944 0May 3, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk in Kiel itself. Later lifted and canceled
U 1206 VII C 16. Mar. 1944 Apr. 14, 1945 × 1 patrol; no depressions. Sunk in a diving accident near Peterhead ( Scotland ) at 57 ° 21 ′  N , 1 ° 39 ′  W (four dead, 46 survivors). The wreck was rediscovered in the 1970s when a pipeline was being built at a depth of 70 meters
U 1207 VII C 23 Mar 1944 0May 5, 1945 × Test boat. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Wreck lifted and broken off
U 1208 VII C 0Apr 6, 1944 Feb. 27, 1945 † 1 patrol; 1 ship with 1644 GRT sunk. Southeast of the Isles of Scilly ( England ) at 49 ° 51 ′ 58 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 57 ″  W by the British frigates HMS Duckworth and HMS Rowley sunk with depth charges (49 dead, total loss)
U 1209 VII C Apr 13, 1944 Dec 18, 1944 × 1 patrol; no depressions. Sunk after collision with Wolf Rock near the Isles of Scilly ( England ) at 49 ° 57 ′  N , 5 ° 47 ′  W (nine dead, 44 survivors)
U 1210 VII C Apr 22, 1944 0May 3, 1945 † No patrols. Near Eckernförde at 54 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 54'  O of US-bomber sunk (a dead)
U 1211 - U 1214 VII C41 Construction suspended on November 6, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944
U 1215 - U 1220 VII C42 Construction canceled on September 30, 1943
U 1221 IX C40 Aug 11, 1943 0Apr 3, 1945 † 1 patrol; no depressions. Sunk by a US plane with bombs near the Kiel buoy A 7 (seven dead, eleven survivors)
U 1222 IX C40 0Sep 1 1943 July 11, 1944 † 1 patrol; no depressions. West of La Rochelle at 46 ° 31 '  N , 5 ° 29'  W by a British flying boat of the type p.25 Sunderland with water bombs sunk (56 dead, total loss)
U 1223 IX C40 0Oct 6, 1943 Apr. 14, 1945 A. 1 patrol; 1 warship with 1370 t sunk; 1 ship with 7134 GRT damaged. Decommissioned and west of on 5 May 1945 Wesermünde at 53 ° 32 '  N , 8 ° 35'  O scuttled
U 1224 IX C40 Oct 20, 1943 May 13, 1944 † No patrols. Served as RO-501 in the Japanese Navy from February 15, 1944 . Northwest of Cape Verde at 18 ° 8 '  N , 33 ° 13'  W by the US destroyer escort USS Francis M. Robinson sunk with depth charges
U 1225 IX C40 Nov 10, 1943 June 24, 1944 † 1 patrol; no depressions. Northwest of Bergen at 63 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W by a Canadian PBY Catalina flying boat sunk with depth charges (56 dead, total loss)
U 1226 IX C40 Nov 24, 1943 Oct 28, 1944 ? 1 patrol; no depressions. Lost in the Atlantic since October 23, 1944, possibly snorkel defect (56 dead, total loss)
U 1227 IX C40 0Dec 8, 1943 Apr 10, 1945 A. 1 patrol; 1 warship with 1370 tons sunk. Decommissioned on April 10, 1945 after being damaged by a bombing raid on the port of Kiel . Sunk himself on May 3, 1945. Later lifted and canceled
U 1228 IX C40 Dec 22, 1943 May 17, 1945 × 2 patrols; 1 warship with 900 tons sunk. In Portsmouth , New Hampshire to the US Navy handed over. Sunk off the east coast in 1946
U 1229 IX C40 Jan. 13, 1944 Aug 20, 1944 † 1 patrol; no depressions. While attempting to smuggle a German agent into the USA , TBF Avenger and F4F Wildcat aircraft sank with rockets and depth charges in the North Atlantic southeast of Newfoundland at 42 ° 20 ′  N , 51 ° 39 ′  W (18 dead, 41 survivors )
U 1230 IX C40 Jan. 26, 1944 0May 8, 1945 × 1 patrol; 1 ship with 5458 GRT sunk. Smuggled two German agents into the United States on November 29, 1944. In Wilhelmshaven to the Royal Navy ships. Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 5 ′  W.
U 1231 IX C40 0Feb 9, 1944   1960 A. 2 patrols; no depressions. In Lough Foyle ( Northern Ireland passed). Entered service in the Soviet Union as the N 25 and was canceled in 1960
U 1232 IX C40 0March 8 1944 Apr. 27, 1945 × 1 patrol; 4 ships sunk with a total of 24,531 GRT; 1 ship with 2,373 GRT damaged. Decommissioned in Wesermünde. On the way to hole Ryan, Scotland at 54 ° 11 '20 "  N , 7 ° 25' 0"  O set.
U 1233 IX C40 22 Mar 1944 0May 8, 1945 A. 1 patrol; no depressions. Delivered to the Royal Navy in Bergen . Sunk during Operation Deadlight at 55 ° 51 '  N , 8 ° 54'  W.
U 1234 IX C40 April 19, 1944 0May 5, 1945 × No patrols. Sunk after a collision on May 14, 1944 (13 dead and 43 survivors) and only returned to service on October 17. Sunk on May 5, 1945 in Höruper Haff , wreck demolished.
U 1235 IX C40 May 17, 1944 Apr 15, 1945 † 1 patrol; no depressions. In the North Atlantic at 42 ° 54 '  N , 30 ° 25'  W American US of the escort destroyers USS Stanton and USS Frost with water bombs sunk (57 deaths, total loss)
U 1236 IX C40 Commissioned on October 14, 1941, keel laying June 7, 1943, launched on February 7, 1944. Construction suspended on September 23, 1944, sunk in Hamburg itself on May 3, 1945 . Raised and demolished in June or August 1945
U 1237 IX C40 Commissioned on October 14, 1941, keel laying June 22, 1943, launched on February 22, 1944
U 1238 IX C40 Commissioned on October 14, 1941, keel laying July 6, 1943, launched on March 16, 1944
U 1239 IX C40 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laid on July 20, 1943
U 1240 IX C40 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laying August 21, 1943
U 1241 IX C40 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laid on September 29, 1943
U 1242 IX C40 Commissioned on April 2, 1942, keel laid in October 1943
U 1243 - U 1244 IX C40 Commissioned on April 2, 1942. Construction canceled on September 23, 1943 before the keel was laid
U 1245 - U 1250 IX C40 Commissioned on May 23, 1942. Construction suspended on September 30, 1943 before the keel was laid and canceled on July 22, 1944

Further

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
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