List of all U-boats

U-1009

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

23 Mar 1942

Laid down

24 Feb 1943

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 209)

Launched

5 Jan 1944

Commissioned

10 Feb 1944

Oblt. Klaus Hilgendorf

Commanders

10 Feb 1944	-	10 May 1945		Oblt. (R) Klaus Hilgendorf
Nov, 1944	-	Feb, 1945		Oblt. Dietrich Zehle

Career
2 patrols

10 Feb 1944	-	31 Oct 1944	31. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944	-	8 May 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 10 May 1945 at Loch Eriboll, Scotland.

Later transferred to Loch Ryan via Lisahally.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 16 December, 1945 at 55.31N x 07.24W by naval gunfire.

Final location

View the 2 war patrols

This boat is a dive site

Innes McCartney dove on this boat in 2002 (see his report).

Depth: 187 feet (57 meters)
Position (lat, long): 55.31, -7.24

See more U-boat dive sites.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in November 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date.

Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1009 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.