List of all U-boats

U-1194

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down29 Dec 1942 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1564)
Launched5 Aug 1943
Commissioned21 Oct 1943Ltnt. Gerhard Nolte
Commanders
21 Oct 1943 - 11 Oct 1944  Oblt. Gerhard Nolte
12 Oct 1944 - 19 Nov 1944   Karl-Heinz Laudahn
20 Nov 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Herbert Zeissler
Career
No patrols
21 Oct 1943-28 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 24 June, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 22 December, 1945 at 55.59N x 09.55W by naval gunfire.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1194 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.
U-Boots-Liste. Zeissler, Herbert, 1956.