List of all U-boats
U-1061
Type | VIIF | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 21 Aug 1942 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 695) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 22 Apr 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 25 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Otto Hinrichs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career 5 patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 2 June 1945. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
30 Oct 1944
The boat was severely damaged by depth charges from a British B-24 (Sqdn 224, pilot W. S. Blackden) and a Canadian Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 407, pilot J. E. Neelin). The boat was able to escape to Maloy to be repaired. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 601)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
11 Apr 1944
On the U-1061 a lookout broke his leg during heavy weather.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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