List of all U-boats

U-1001

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down31 Dec 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 201)
Launched6 Oct 1943
Commissioned18 Nov 1943Oblt. Ernst-Ulrich Blaudow
Commanders
18 Nov 1943 - 8 Apr 1945  Kptlt. Ernst-Ulrich Blaudow
Career
6 patrols
18 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (front boat)
16 Feb 1945-8 Apr 1945  5. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 8 April, 1945 in the Atlantic south-west of Land's End, in position 49.19N, 10.23W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy and HMS Byron. 46 dead (all hands lost).

View the 6 war patrols

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in February 1945. 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-1001 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.