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| U-1063 | Type VIIC/41 |
| Feldpost Number | M 40 438 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 700 |
| Ordered | 14th Oct 1941 |
| Keel laid | 17th Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 8th Jun 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8th Jul 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 07.44 - 02.45 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 03.45 - 04.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 07.44 - 04.45 | KL Karl-Heinz Stephan |
| Operations information for U-1063 | 04.03.1945 - 09.03.1945
First Sailing
U-1063 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Heinz Stephan on 4th Mar 1945 and arrived at Horten on 9th Mar 1945 after five days.
| 11.03.1945 - 15.04.1945
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 11th Mar 1945, U-1063 left Horten under the command of Karl-Heinz Stephan. The boat was lost on 15th Apr 1945.
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| Notes for U-1063 | On 15th April 1945 in English channel, U 1063 was operating near convoy TCB 128 and was detected by HMS Loch Killin (Lt-Cdr S Darling) of the 17th Escort Group. Other 17th Escort group members were HMS Cranstoun and HMS Burges. It was a very long and difficult counter-attack due to a large amount of false asdic returns. Loch Killin overcame the difficulties, after 3 Squid attacks by the frigate KL Karl-Heinz Stephan was forced to surface his boat, breaking surface on the port side of Loch Killin. The boat immediately came under artillery fire as the crew abandoned.
As the boat sank, Loch Killin dropped depth charges by it, after which according to various sources either 19 or 17 survivors were rescued, 6 of them wounded, and landed at Plymouth to become POWs. Our own research indicates 22 men became POWs, while 26 crew were killed.
After the war, the wreck was found 58 meters down at 50°08.54'N, 3°53.24'W (quadrant BF 2377).
Read a more detailed account of the loss of U-1063, by Stephen Phillips here.
We have 49 crew names for this boat. click here for crew names of U 1063
You can perform other crew searches here. Note that the number of names we give possibly includes prior crew members.You can discuss this boat or ask questions at the ubootwaffe.net forums | We have a position of 50°08N 03°53W for where this boat went down, mapped below. The cross represents where U 1063 went down. |
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