List of all U-boats

U-1057

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down21 Jun 1943 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 691)
Launched20 Apr 1944
Commissioned20 May 1944Oblt. Günther Lüth
Commanders
20 May 1944 - 9 May 1945  Oblt. (R) Günther Lüth
Career
1 patrol
20 May 1944-31 Jan 1945  5. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945-8 May 1945  5. Flottille (active service)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 2 June 1945.

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Allocated to USSR by the TNC. Arrived Libau (Latvia) on 4 Dec 45 with RN Pennant No: N.22. Allocated to Baltic Fleet on 13 Feb 46. Renamed S-81 on 9 Jun 49. Allocated as a test hulk to the Northern Fleet for atomic bomb tests in Sep 55. Transferred to the White Sea in 1956 as a test hulk. Heavily damaged in the Barents Sea off Novaja Zemlja on 24 Sep 57 during atomic bomb test. Struck from Soviet Navy list on 16 Oct 57. Broken-up for scrap.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in April 1945 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-1057 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


Media links


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth




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