U-1221
Type | IXC/40 | |||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 28 Oct, 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 384) | ||||
| Launched | 26 May, 1943 | |||||
| Commissioned | 11 Aug, 1943 | Oblt. Karl Kölzer | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 11 Aug, 1943 - 30 Jun, 1944 4. Flottille (training) 1 Jul, 1944 - 30 Nov, 1944 10. Flottille (front boat) 1 Dec, 1944 - 3 Apr, 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk on 3 April, 1945 at Kiel Buoy 'A 7' by bombs from US aircraft (8th USAAF). 7 dead and 11 survivors. | |||||
Men lost from the boat
25 Sep, 1944
One man was lost overboard from the boat. It seems that he jumped overboard in the North Atlantic after a punishment for sleeping on the watch. [Matrosengefreiter Emil-Heinz Motyl]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |