List of all U-boats
U-1271
Type | VIIC/41 | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 23 Mar 1942 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 17 Apr 1943 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 66) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 8 Dec 1943 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Jan 1944 | Oblt. Erwin Knipping | ||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate | Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1271 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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