U 1104
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| Type : | VII C / 41 |
| Field Post Number : | M-49 678 |
| Shipyard: | North Sea Works , Emden |
| Construction contract: | October 14, 1941 |
| Build number: | 226 |
| Keel laying: | June 29, 1943 |
| Launch: | December 7, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | March 15, 1944 |
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March 15, 1944 to May 8, 1945 |
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| Calls: | 1 company |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | Surrenders in Bergen on May 9, 1945 . Transferred to England and sunk on December 15, 1945 en route to Operation Deadlight . |
U 1104 was a German class VII C / 41 submarine , which was used as an "Atlantic boat " in the final phase of the submarine war .
History of the submarine
The submarine was commissioned on October 14, 1941 from the North Sea Works in Emden, together with U 1103 , U 1105 and U 1106 . It was on June 29, 1943 as new 226 laid down on and on December 7, 1943 launched in . The commissioning on March 15, 1944 was carried out by Oberleutnant zur See Rüdiger Perleberg, who held his first command with this submarine. Under his command, the boat also had a tower painting : a furious, snorting boar was painted on the front of the tower. For this reason the boat was also called Die Wildsau . During later renovation work, U 1104 received tower conversion IV with the same anti-aircraft armor that a Type VII C submarine carried with it at that time, and a folding snorkel with the typical ball float head valve. From the commissioning until January 31, 1945, the submarine was stationed as a training boat of the 8th U-Flotilla in Danzig , before it was placed under the 11th U-Flotilla stationed in Bergen as a front boat on February 1, 1945 .
Relocation trip
U 1104 left Kiel on January 22, 1945 at 8:30 p.m. and moved to Norway to the Horten naval base , where it arrived two days later. Various snorkeling exercises were carried out there in the Oslo fjord. The submarine was still in the training phase when it entered Horten.
First and only venture
On February 1, 1945, U 1104 left Horten for the first front mission at 4:14 p.m. and relocated to Kristiansand , where fuel and provisions were replenished. At 16:50 the next day, the submarine left Kristiansand for the first venture. No ships were sunk or damaged in the North Atlantic and North Minch operational areas during the 46 days, 18 hours and 21 minutes long undertaking . U 1104 then entered the Bergen underground base at 1:30 a.m. on March 22, 1945.
Transfer trip
After the surrender, all of the German submarines were handed over to the Allies and U 1104 was also among these boats. On May 30, a large part of the submarines was moved to Scapa Flow and from there to Loch Ryan or the port of Londonderry .
Downfall
On December 14, 1945, U 1104 was to be blown up as the next submarine to be sunk and not sunk by artillery fire. But on the way to the dump area, the connection between U 1104 and the British frigate HMS Cawsand Bay , which had the submarine in tow, broke. U 1104 cut under, lost its lift and sank at position 55 ° 35 'N - 07 ° 57' W in the former naval grid square AM 5387.
literature
- 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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. 1997, p. 138.
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 166.