List of all U-boats

U-1201

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down18 Apr 1943 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1571)
Launched4 Nov 1943
Commissioned13 Jan 1944Oblt. Eberhard Ebert
Commanders
13 Jan 1944 - 1 Jul 1944  Oblt. Eberhard Ebert
2 Jul 1944 - 13 Oct 1944  Oblt. Kurt Ahlers
14 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Reinhold Merkle
Career
No patrols
13 Jan 1944-30 Jun 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Jul 1944-28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May 1945 at Hamburg after sustaining heavy bomb damage resulting from a USAAF air raid on 11 March 1945. 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-1201 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.