List of German submarines (1935–1945) / U 1001 – U 1250
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 .
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 | |
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U 1001 | VII C41 | Nov 18, 1943 | Apr 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 | May 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 | Dec 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 | May 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 | May 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 | May 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 | Feb. 1, 1944 | May 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 | 2nd 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 | Feb. 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 | Apr 4, 1944 | May 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 | May 4, 1944 | May 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 | Jan. 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 | June 7, 1944 | May 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 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 | |
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U 1051 | VII C | 4th 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 | May 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 | Apr 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 | May 5, 1945 | × | No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself, wreck broken off |
U 1057 | VII C | May 20, 1944 | May 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 | May 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 | May 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 | May 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 | July 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 | May 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 | Apr 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 | |
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U 1101 | VII C41 | Nov 10, 1943 | May 5, 1945 | × | No patrols. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Wreck lifted and broken off |
U 1102 | VII C41 | Feb 22, 1944 | May 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 | Jan. 8, 1944 | May 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 | May 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 | June 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 | July 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 | Aug 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 | May 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 | May 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 | April 1, 1945 | × | No patrols. Sunk in Hamburg- Finkenwerder after being damaged by British bombers |
U 1132 | VII C | June 24, 1944 | May 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 | |
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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 | May 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 | May 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 | Oct 6, 1943 | May 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 | May 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 | Dec 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 | May 4, 1945 | × | No patrols. In the Geltinger bay at 54 ° 48 ' N , 9 ° 48' O aground and even sunk |
U 1169 | VII C41 | Feb 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 | 1st Mar 1944 | May 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 | Sep 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 | May 5, 1945 | × | 1 patrol; no successes. Sunk in Kiel itself, wreck lifted and broken off |
U 1193 | VII C | Oct 7, 1943 | May 5, 1945 | × | 1 patrol; no successes. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself, wreck lifted and broken off |
U 1194 | VII C | Oct 21, 1943 | May 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 | Feb 6, 1943 | Apr 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 | May 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 | Dec 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 | Dec 9, 1943 | May 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 | Jan. 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 | |
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U 1201 | VII C | Jan. 13, 1944 | May 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 | June 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 | May 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 | May 5, 1945 | × | Training boat. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Later lifted and canceled |
U 1205 | VII C | 2nd Mar 1944 | May 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 | May 5, 1945 | × | Test boat. Sunk in the Geltinger Bay itself. Wreck lifted and broken off |
U 1208 | VII C | Apr 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 | May 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 | Apr 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 | Sep 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 | Oct 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 | Dec 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 | May 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 | Feb 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 | March 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 | May 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 | May 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 |
literature
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- Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
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- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
- Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
- Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
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Individual evidence