Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 8 Feb 1943 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 686) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 16 Dec 1943 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Jan 1944 | Oblt. Friedrich Weidner | ||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate | Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||
General notes on this boat
13 Nov 1944. On 13 Nov, 1944 the boat collided with the vessel "Saude" (352 tons) south of Bergen, Norway. The ship sank when the U-boat suddenly reversed and removed the bow from the vessel and left a huge hole in its hull causing the vessel to take on water and sink.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1052 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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