List of all U-boats

U-1162

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down14 Nov 1942 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 134)
Launched29 May 1943
Commissioned15 Sep 1943Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
Commanders
15 Sep 1943 - 1 Dec 1943  Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
2 Dec 1943 - 8 Jan 1945  Oblt. Erich Krempl
9 Jan 1945 - 31 Mar 1945  Kptlt. Klaus Euler
1 Apr 1945 - 5 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
Career
No patrols
15 Sep 1943-31 Jan 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945-28 Feb 1945  18. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Renamed S 10 after being transferred to Italy in exchange for transport vessels. Reverted to Germany as U-1162 after the Italian Capitulation. Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in Gelting 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-1162 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.