U-1062

Type

VIIF

Ordered

25 Aug, 1941

Laid down

12 Aug, 1942

Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 696)

Launched

8 May, 1943

Commissioned

19 Jun, 1943

Oblt. Karl Albrecht

Commanders

19 Jun, 1943 - 30 Sep, 1944

Oblt. Karl Albrecht

Career

3 patrols

19 Jun, 1943 - 31 Dec, 1943 5. Flottille (training)
1 Jan, 1944 - 30 Sep, 1944 12. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

The boat left Bergen, Norway on 3 January 1944 with 39 torpedoes to supply the Monsun boats in the far east. The boat did better than U-1059 and made it to Penang on April 19, 1944. The boat unloaded the torpedoes and left Penang for Europe on 15 July 1944 but was intercepted by an escort carrier group in the central Atlantic on 30 September where the destroyer escort USS Fessenden sank her with depth charges. 55 dead (all hands lost).

View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

21 Dec, 1943

A British Beaufighter (Sqdn 404/H) was shot down. The Beaufighters were from Sqdn. 144 and 404, probably 8 of them, 4 carried torpedoes, the rest as flak suppressors.

21 Dec, 1943

British Beaufighter aircraft (Sqdn 404/F) was shot down.

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1062 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.