U-1009

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 24 Feb 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 209)
Launched5 Jan 1944
Commissioned10 Feb 1944Oblt. Klaus Hilgendorf
Commanders
10 Feb 1944 - 10 May 1945  Oblt. Klaus Hilgendorf
Nov, 1944 - Feb, 1945  Oblt. Dietrich Zehle
Career2 patrols 10 Feb 1944 - 31 Oct 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 10 May, 1945 at Loch Eriboll, Scotland. Boat ended up in Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 16 December, 1945 at 55.31N x 07.24W by naval gunfire.

View the 2 war patrols

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in November 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. 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-1009 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.