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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-1163Type VIIC/41
Feldpost NumberM 52 936
Construction YardDanziger Werft AG, Danzig
Yard Number135
Ordered14th Oct 1941
Keel laid5th Dec 1942
Launched12th Jun 1943
Commissioned6th Oct 1943
Baubelehrung7.KLA, Danzig
Training, Flotillas and Duties
10.43 - 07.448.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.44 - 09.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
10.44 - 05.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
09.43 - 05.45OL Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn
see also: U-1163 

Operations information for U-1163
10.06.1944 - 13.06.1944
First Sailing
U-1163 left Kiel under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 10th Jun 1944 and arrived at Flekkefjord on 13th Jun 1944 after three days.
13.07.1944 - 19.07.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 13th Jul 1944, U-1163 left Flekkefjord under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and after six days arrived at Arnöy on 19th Jul 1944.
01.08.1944 - 02.08.1944
Third Sailing
U-1163 departed under Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn from Arnöy on 1st Aug 1944 and arrived at Egersund on 2nd Aug 1944 after one day.
17.08.1944 - 17.08.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-1163 left Egersund under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 17th Aug 1944 and arrived at Bergen on the same day.
22.08.1944 - 23.08.1944
Fifth Sailing
On the 22nd Aug 1944, U-1163 left Bergen under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and arrived at Stavanger on 23rd Aug 1944 after one day.
26.08.1944 - 27.08.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-1163 departed under Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn from Stavanger on 26th Aug 1944 and after one day arrived at Marviken on 27th Aug 1944.
21.09.1944 - 24.09.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-1163 left Marviken under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 21st Sep 1944 and arrived at Trondheim on 24th Sep 1944 after three days.
03.10.1944 - 06.10.1944
Eighth Sailing
On the 3rd Oct 1944, U-1163 left Trondheim under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and after three days arrived at Skjomenfjord on 6th Oct 1944.
12.10.1944 - 13.10.1944
Ninth Sailing
U-1163 departed under Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn from Skjomenfjord on 12th Oct 1944 and arrived at Bogenbucht on 13th Oct 1944 after one day.
15.10.1944 - 31.10.1944
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-1163 left Bogenbucht under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 15th Oct 1944 and after over two weeks arrived at Hammerfest on 31st Oct 1944.
02.11.1944 - 04.11.1944
Eleventh Sailing
On the 2nd Nov 1944, U-1163 left Hammerfest under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and arrived at Narvik on 4th Nov 1944 after two days.
08.11.1944 - 12.11.1944
Twelfth Sailing
U-1163 departed under Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn from Narvik on 8th Nov 1944 and after four days arrived at Tromsö on 12th Nov 1944.
14.11.1944 - 22.11.1944
Thirteenth Sailing
U-1163 left Tromsö under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 14th Nov 1944 and arrived at Kilbotn on 22nd Nov 1944 after just over one week.
25.11.1944 - 16.12.1944
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th Nov 1944, U-1163 left Kilbotn under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and after three weeks arrived at Bogenbucht on 16th Dec 1944.
Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn hit one ship on this patrol from convoy KB-35.
  • On 3rd Dec 1944 he sank the Soviet 433 ton Revoljucija, sailing with convoy KB-35.
12.01.1945 - 15.01.1945
Fifteenth Sailing
U-1163 departed under Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn from Bogenbucht on 12th Jan 1945 and arrived at Trondheim on 15th Jan 1945 after three days.
28.01.1945 - 04.02.1945
Sixteenth Sailing
U-1163 left Trondheim under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 28th Jan 1945 and after one week arrived at Kristiansand on 4th Feb 1945.
15.04.1945 - 09.05.1945
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 15th Apr 1945, U-1163 left Kristiansand under the command of Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn and arrived at Marviken on 9th May 1945 after three and a half weeks.

Notes for U-1163


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