U-1015

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 5 Apr 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 215)
Launched7 Feb 1944
Commissioned23 Mar 1944Oblt. Hans-Heinz Boos
Commanders
23 Mar 1944 - 19 May 1944  Oblt. Hans-Heinz Boos
CareerNo patrols23 Mar 1944 - 19 May 1944  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 19 May 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 55.09N, 19.11E, after collision with U-1014. 36 dead and 14 survivors.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1015 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.