List of all U-boats
U-1163
Type | VIIC/41 | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 14 Oct 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 5 Dec 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 135) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 12 Jun 1943 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 6 Oct 1943 | Oblt. Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn | ||||||||||||
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Career 4 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 433 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Kristiansand, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May 1945. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-1163 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 30 Oct 1944)
Stier (25 Nov 1944 - 15 Dec 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
2 Aug 1944
Off Egerøy, Nth of Stavanger, Norway: U-1163 and U-771 were being transferred from Stavanger to Kristiansand South and were proceeding on the surface accompanied by surface escorts when Norwegian Mosquitos E/333 and S/333 (HR126) attacked. S for Sugar crashed into the sea with the loss of Fnr. Axel Reidar Eikemo and Kvm. Claus Harr. Both U-boats were undamaged.
(Sources: 333 Squadron Operations Record Book)1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1163 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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