U-1203

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 15 May 1943 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1573)
Launched9 Dec 1943
Commissioned10 Feb 1944Oblt. Erich Steinbrink
Commanders
10 Feb 1944 - 16 Jul 1944  Oblt. Erich Steinbrink
17 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Sigurd Seeger
Career1 patrol 10 Feb 1944 - 30 Nov 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 580 GRT
Fate

Transferred from Trondheim to Loch Ryan(?) on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 8 Dec, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W.

See the 1 ships hit by U-1203 - View the 1 war patrol

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in January 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from the boat

29 May 1944
During the Baltic exercises the boat lost one man after crash diving north of Danzig. [Maschinengefreiter Johann Igel]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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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.