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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-1022Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 38 350
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number222
Ordered13th Jun 1942
Keel laid6th May 1943
Launched13th Apr 1944
Commissioned7th Jun 1944
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.44 - 01.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
02.45 - 05.4511.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.44 - 05.45OL ~ KL Hans-Joachim Ernst

Operations information for U-1022
16.01.1945 - 17.01.1945
First Sailing
U-1022 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Joachim Ernst on 16th Jan 1945 and arrived at Kalundborg on 17th Jan 1945 after one day.
22.01.1945 - 23.01.1945
Second Sailing
On the 22nd Jan 1945, U-1022 left Kalundborg under the command of Hans-Joachim Ernst and after one day arrived at Horten on 23rd Jan 1945.
29.01.1945 - 08.02.1945
Third Sailing
U-1022 departed under Hans-Joachim Ernst from Horten on 29th Jan 1945 and arrived at Bergen on 8th Feb 1945 after one and a half weeks.
12.02.1945 - 01.04.1945
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-1022 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Joachim Ernst on 12th Feb 1945 and returned nearly seven weeks later to Bergen on 1st Apr 1945.
Hans-Joachim Ernst hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy UR-155.
  • On 28th Feb 1945 he sank the Panamanian 1,392 ton Alcedo, sailing with convoy UR-155.
  • On 3rd Mar 1945 he sank the British 328 ton HMS Southern Flower.

Notes for U-1022


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