List of all U-boats

U-1171

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered16 Jul 1942
Laid down5 May 1943 Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 143)
Launched23 Nov 1943
Commissioned22 Mar 1944Oblt. Otto-Heinrich Nachtigall
Commanders
23 Mar 1944 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Otto Heinrich Nachtigall
17 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Hermann Koopmann
Career
No patrols
22 Mar 1944-28 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Stavanger, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Stavanger, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945.

Became the British submarine N 19. Broken up at Sunderland in April 1949.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1171 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.