U-1277

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

13 Jun 1942

Laid down

6 Aug 1943

Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 72)

Launched

18 Mar 1944

Commissioned

3 May 1944

Oblt. Peter-Ehrenreich Stever

Commanders

3 May 1944

3 Jun 1945

Kptlt. Ehrenreich-Peter Stever

Career
1 patrol

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

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 3 June 1945 in the North Atlantic off Cabo do Mundo near Oporto, Portugal, in position 41.13N, 08.43W. 47 survivors (no casualties).

Final location

View the 1 war patrol

This boat is a dive site

U-1277 is a regular dive just off Oporto, Portugal. She is at 30m depth.

Depth: 100 feet (30 meters)
Position (lat, long): 41.09, -8.41

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General notes on this boat

3 Jun 1945. The crew of U-1277 disembarked from the scuttled boat in rubber dinghies, landing on the beach at Angeiras north of Oporto on 3 June 1945. They were then interned by Portuguese authorities in the Castelo de Sao Jose da Foz in Oporto, and a few days later handed over to a British warship in Lisbon. They were not released from POW camp until 1947.

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-1277 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.