List of all U-boats
U-1161
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 27 Oct 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 133) | ||||||||||||||||
Launched | 8 May 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 25 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Raabe | ||||||||||||||||
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Career No patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Given to Italy in exchange for transport submarines and renamed S 8. On 10 September 1943 taken over by the Kriegsmarine at Gotenhafen after the Italian surrender and commissioned as U-1161 on 27 September 1943. Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay near Flensburg. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1161 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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