Unterseeboot 1063

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Unterseeboot 1063 (usually abbreviated to U-1063) was a German Type VIIC/41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 17 August 1943 by Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was commissioned on 8 July 1944 with Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Stephan in command.

She conducted one patrol

• 8 July, 1944 to 28 Feb, 1945 5th Flottille (training)
• 1 March, 1945 to 15 April, 1945 11th Flottille (front boat)

U-1063 was sunk on 15 April, 1945 in the English Channel west of Land's End, south of Bigbury Bay, Devon, in position 50°08′54″N, 03°53′24″W, by squid depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin. 29 of the crew were killed, there were 17 survivors.

She now lies at a depth of 58 meters.

[edit] References

• uboat.net webpage for U-1063

[edit] See also

• List of U-boats