U-1162

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down 14 Nov 1942 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 134)
Launched29 May 1943
Commissioned15 Sep 1943Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
Commanders
15 Sep 1943 - 1 Dec 1943  Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
2 Dec 1943 - 8 Jan 1945  Oblt. Erich Krempl
9 Jan 1945 - 31 Mar 1945  Kptlt. Klaus Euler
1 Apr 1945 - 5 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
CareerNo patrols15 Sep 1943 - 31 Jan 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945 - 28 Feb 1945  18. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Renamed S 10 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-1162 after the Italian Capitulation. Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in Gelting Bay; wreck broken up.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1162 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.