List of all U-boats
U-1060
Type | VIIF | ||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | ||||||
| Laid down | 7 Jul 1942 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 694) | |||||
| Launched | 8 Mar 1943 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 15 May 1943 | Oblt. Herbert Brammer | |||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Grounded on 27 October 1944 in the North Sea south of Bronnoysund, in position 65.24N, 11.59,5E after sustaining damage by rockets and depth charges from Firefly and 2 Barracuda aircraft of the British carrier HMS Implacable, 2 British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn 502/D/T) and from 2 Czechoslovakian Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 311/H/Y). 12 dead and 43 survivors. | ||||||
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Attacks on this boat
27 Oct 1944
A British Fairey Firefly aircraft (Sqdn 1771) was shot down. The boat was sunk in a follow-up attack.
27 Oct 1944
A British Fairey Firefly aircraft (Sqdn 1771) was shot down. The boat was lost in this mass attack of Fireflies and Barracuda aircraft.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1060 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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