U-1065

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 23 Sep 1943 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 702)
Launched3 Aug 1944
Commissioned23 Sep 1944Oblt. Johannes Panitz
Commanders
23 Sep 1944 - 9 Apr 1945  Oblt. Johannes Panitz
Career1 patrol 23 Sep 1944 - 1 Apr 1945  5. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1945 - 9 Apr 1945  5. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 9 April, 1945 north-west of Göteborg, Sweden in position 57.58N, 11.15E, by rockets from 10 British Mosquito aircraft (Sqdn 143 & 235). 45 dead (all hands lost).

View the 1 war patrol

Attacks on this boat

9 Apr 1945
A British Mosquito aircraft was shot down. The aircraft (DZ592) was possibly lost to flying debris. 34 Mosquito aircraft from 3 Squadrons attacked U-1065 and U-804 en route to Norway from Kiel.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

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-1065 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.