U-Boat Operations

U-1023	Type VIIC/41
Feldpost Number	M 38 963
Construction Yard	Blohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number	223
Ordered	13th Jun 1942
Keel laid	20th May 1943
Launched	3rd May 1944
Commissioned	15th Jun 1944
Baubelehrung	8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.44 - 02.45	31.U-Flottille, Hamburg Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.45 - 05.45	11.U-Flottille, Bergen Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
06.44 - 03.45	OL Wolfgang Strenger see also: U-10
03.45 - 05.45	KL Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler see also: U-667

Operations information for U-1023
20.02.1945 - 23.02.1945 First Sailing U-1023 left Kiel under the command of Wolfgang Strenger on 20th Feb 1945 and arrived at Horten on 23rd Feb 1945 after three days.
02.03.1945 - 09.03.1945 Second Sailing On the 2nd Mar 1945, U-1023 left Horten under the command of Wolfgang Strenger and after one week arrived at Bergen on 9th Mar 1945.
25.03.1945 - 10.05.1945 Third Sailing - active patrol U-1023 departed under Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler from Bergen on 25th Mar 1945 and arrived at Weymouth, UK on 10th May 1945 after six and a half weeks. Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler hit two ships on this patrol, one was from convoy TBC-135. On 23rd Apr 1945 he damaged the British 7,345 ton Riverton, sailing with convoy TBC-135. On 7th May 1945 he sank the Norwegian 335 ton NYMS382.

Notes for U-1023

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3 relevant ships here:

CAPILANO HMCS

RIVERTON

NYMS 382

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