U-1004

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 15 Jan 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 204)
Launched27 Oct 1943
Commissioned16 Dec 1943Oblt. Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig
Commanders
16 Dec 1943 - Jan, 1945  Oblt. Hartmuth Schimmelpfennig
Jan, 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Rudolf Hinz
Career2 patrols 16 Dec 1943 - 31 Jul 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944 - 31 Oct 1944  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 1,313 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 980 tons
Fate

Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan on 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 1 December, 1945 at 56.10N x 10.05W by naval gunfire.

See the 2 ships hit by U-1004 - View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

23 Oct 1944
At 09.18 hours, the inbound U-1004 was unsuccessfully attacked by aircraft off Bergen.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in June 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1004 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.