List of all U-boats
U-1161
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 27 Oct 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 133) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 8 May 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Raabe | ||||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Renamed S 8 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-1161 after the Italian capitulation. Scuttled at 2200hrs on 4 May, 1945 near Flensburg, in Kupfermühlen Bay. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1161 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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