U-1171

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered16 Jul 1942
Laid down 5 May 1943 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 143)
Launched23 Nov 1943
Commissioned22 Mar 1944Oblt. Otto-Heinrich Nachtigall
Commanders
23 Mar 1944 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Otto Heinrich Nachtigall
17 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Hermann Koopmann
CareerNo patrols22 Mar 1944 - 28 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Stavanger, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945.

Became the British submarine N 19. Broken up at Sunderland in April 1949.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1171 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


Buy this title at


amazon.com
See more sellers

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.