U-1163

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

14 Oct, 1941

Laid down

5 Dec, 1942

Danziger Werft, Danzig (werk 135)

Launched

12 Jun, 1943

Commissioned

6 Oct, 1943

Oblt. Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn

Commanders

6 Oct, 1943 - 9 May, 1945

Oblt. Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn

Career

4 patrols

6 Oct, 1943 - 31 Jul, 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug, 1944 - 30 Sep, 1944  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  13. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

1 ship sunk for a total of 433 GRT

Fate

Transferred from Kristiansand-Süd, Norway to Loch Ryan on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 11 December, 1945 at 55.50N x 10.05W by aircraft.

See the 1 ships hit by U-1163 - View the 4 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

2 Aug, 1944

U-1163 and U-771 were being transferred from Stavanger to Kristiansand South, and were proceeding on the surface, accompanied by surface escorts. Mosquitoes E/333 and S/333 (HR126) made the attack. Mosquito S crashed into the sea during the attack, with the loss of Fnr. Axel Reidar Eikemo and Kvm. Claus Harr. The attack took place off Egero, Norway. The boats suffered no damages.

(Sources: 333 Squadron Operations Record Book)

1 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-1163 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.