List of all U-boats

U-1301

Type

VIIC/41

 
Ordered2 Apr 1942
Laid down20 Jan 1943 Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 494)
Launched22 Dec 1943
Commissioned11 Feb 1944Oblt. Karl-Heinrich Feufel
Commanders
Aug, 1944 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Paul Ehrenfried Lenkeit
11 Feb 1944 - Aug, 1944  Oblt. Karl-Heinrich Feufel
Career
No patrols
11 Feb 1944-8 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

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

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 16 Dec, 1945 in position 55.50N, 10.05W by bombs from British aircraft.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1301 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.