List of all U-boats

U-1104

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

14 Oct 1941

Laid down

29 Jun 1943

Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 226)

Launched

7 Dec 1943

Commissioned

15 Mar 1944

Oblt. Rüdiger Perleberg

Commanders

15 Mar 1944

9 May 1945

Oblt. Rüdiger Perleberg

Career
1 patrol

15 Mar 1944	-	31 Jan 1945	8. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945	-	8 May 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

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

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 30 May 1945.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 1 December, 1945 at 56.10N x 10.05W by naval gunfire.

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

This boat is a dive site

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

Depth: 272 feet (83 meters)
Position (lat, long): 56.10, -10.05

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 January 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-1104 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.