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U-1233

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered14 Oct 1941
Laid down29 Apr 1943 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 396)
Launched23 Dec 1943
Commissioned22 Mar 1944 Korvkpt. Hans-Joachim Kuhn
Commanders
22 Mar 1944 - 14 Apr 1945  KrvKpt. Hans-Joachim Kuhn
15 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Heinrich Niemeyer
Career
1 patrol
22 Mar 1944-31 Oct 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944-8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Baring Bay, near Fredericia, Denmark (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 29 Dec, 1945 in position 55.51N, 08.54W by naval gunfire from the destroyer HMS Onslaught.

View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1233 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.