U-1010

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 23 Feb 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 210)
Launched5 Jan 1944
Commissioned22 Feb 1944Oblt. Otto Bitter
Commanders
22 Feb 1944 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Otto Bitter
17 Jul 1944 - 14 May 1945  Kptlt. Günter Strauch
Career1 patrol 22 Feb 1944 - 1 Apr 1945  31. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 14 May, 1945 at Loch Eriboll, Scotland. Boat ended up in Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 7 Jan, 1946 in position 55.37N, 07.49,1W by gunfire from the Polish destroyer ORP Garland.

View the 1 war patrol

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in April 1945 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-1010 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.