List of all U-boats

U-1168

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered2 Apr 1942
Laid down16 Mar 1943 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 140)
Launched2 Oct 1943
Commissioned19 Jan 1944Oblt. Martin Grasse
Commanders
19 Jan 1944 - Jul, 1944  Oblt. Martin Grasse
Jul, 1944 - 4 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans Umlauf
Career
No patrols
19 Jan 1944-7 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
8 Feb 1945-4 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 4 May, 1945 in Gelting Bay, in position 54.48N, 09.48E, after running aground.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1168 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.