List of all U-boats

U-1161

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down27 Oct 1942 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 133)
Launched8 May 1943
Commissioned25 Aug 1943Oblt. Karl-Heinz Raabe
Commanders
27 Sep 1943 - 17 Jan 1945  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Raabe
18 Jan 1945 - 4 May 1945  Kptlt. Bruno Schwalbach
Career
No patrols
25 Aug 1943-31 Jan 1945  24. Flottille (school boat)
1 Feb 1945-28 Feb 1945  18. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-4 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo 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.

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.



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.