U-1013

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down26 Mar 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 213)
Launched19 Jan 1944
Commissioned2 Mar 1944Oblt. Gerhard Linck
Commanders
2 Mar 1944 - 17 Mar 1944  Oblt. Gerhard Linck
Career
No patrols
2 Mar 1944-17 Mar 1944  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk on 17 March, 1944 in the Baltic sea east of Rügen, in position 54.21N, 13.58E, after a collision with U-286. 25 dead and 26 survivors.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1013 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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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.