List of all U-boats

U-1276

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

13 Jun 1942

Laid down

13 Jul 1943

Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 71)

Launched

25 Feb 1944

Commissioned

6 Apr 1944

Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Wendt

Commanders

6 Apr 1944

20 Feb 1945

Oblt. Karl-Heinz Wendt

Career
1 patrol

6 Apr 1944	-	31 Oct 1944	8. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944	-	20 Feb 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 warship sunk, total tonnage 925 tons

Fate

Sunk on 20 February 1945 in the Celtic Sea south of Waterford, in position 51.48N, 07.07W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Amethyst. 49 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, September 1987).

Loss position

See the 1 ships hit by U-1276 - View the 1 war patrol

Previously recorded fate

Sunk on 3 April, 1945 northwest of Bergen, Norway, in position 61.42N, 00.24W, by a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 224/U). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was probably against a nonsub target.

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-1276 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.