U-1271

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered23 Mar 1942
Laid down 17 Apr 1943 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 66)
Launched8 Dec 1943
Commissioned12 Jan 1944Oblt. Erwin Knipping
Commanders
12 Jan 1944 - Apr, 1945  Oblt. Erwin Knipping
Apr, 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Sven Thienemann
CareerNo patrols12 Jan 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945  33. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 8 Dec, 1945 in position 55.28N, 07.20W.

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.



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.