U-1231

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down 31 Mar 1943 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 394)
Launched18 Nov 1943
Commissioned9 Feb 1944Kapt. z. S. Hermann Lessing
Commanders
9 Feb 1944 - Mar, 1945  Kpt. Hermann Lessing
Mar, 1945 - 14 May 1945  Oblt. Helmut Wicke
Career2 patrols 9 Feb 1944 - 31 Aug 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Lough Foyle (Lisahally), Northern Ireland on 14 May, 1945.

View the 2 war patrols

Became the USSR submarine N 25. Broken up in 1960.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1231 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.
Podwodna wachta. Jegorow, Gieorgij, 1988.
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.