List of all U-boats

U-1103

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down26 May 1943 Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 225)
Launched12 Oct 1943
Commissioned8 Jan 1944Kptlt. Hans Bungards
Commanders
8 Jan 1944 - 2 Jul 1944  Kptlt. Hans Bungards
3 Jul 1944 - 8 Oct 1944  Oblt. Werner Sausmikat
9 Oct 1944 - 24 Nov 1944  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Schmidt
25 Nov 1944 - 25 Feb 1945  Oblt. Jürgen Iversen
26 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Wilhelm Eisele
Career
No patrols
8 Jan 1944-1 Sep 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1944-28 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany.

Transferred from Kiel to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 23 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight. (Waller & Niestlé, October 2010).

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 30 December, 1945 at 56.03N x 10.05W by naval gunfire.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1103 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.