U-1163

Type

VIIC/41

Ordered

14 Oct 1941

Laid down

5 Dec 1942

Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 135)

Launched

12 Jun 1943

Commissioned

6 Oct 1943

Oblt. Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn

Commanders

6 Oct 1943

9 May 1945

Oblt. Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn

Career
4 patrols

6 Oct 1943	-	31 Jul 1944	8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944	-	30 Sep 1944	11. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944	-	8 May 1945	13. Flottille (active service)

Successes

1 ship sunk, total tonnage 433 GRT

Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Kristiansand-Süd, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Kristiansand-Süd, Norway to Loch Ryan on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 11 December, 1945 at 55.50N x 10.05W by aircraft.

Final location

See the 1 ships hit by U-1163 - View the 4 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-1163 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 30 Oct 1944)
Stier (25 Nov 1944 - 15 Dec 1944)

Attacks on this boat

2 Aug 1944

U-1163 and U-771 were being transferred from Stavanger to Kristiansand South, and were proceeding on the surface, accompanied by surface escorts. Mosquitoes E/333 and S/333 (HR126) made the attack. Mosquito S crashed into the sea during the attack, with the loss of Fnr. Axel Reidar Eikemo and Kvm. Claus Harr. The attack took place off Egero, Norway. The boats suffered no damage.

(Sources: 333 Squadron Operations Record Book)

1 recorded attack 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-1163 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.