German submarine ''U-1001'' was a
Type VIIC/41
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U-boat of
Nazi Germany's ''
Kriegsmarine
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'' during
World War II.
She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was
laid down on 31 December 1942, at
Blohm & Voss
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,
Hamburg, as yard number 201. She was
launched on 6 October 1943, and
commissioned under the command of ''
Kapitänleutnant'' Ernst-Ulrich Blaudow on 18 November 1943.
Design
German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier
Type VIIC submarines. ''U-1001'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a
total length of , a
pressure hull length of , an overall
beam
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of , a height of , and a
draught of . The submarine was powered by two
Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder
supercharged
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diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two
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double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two
propeller
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s. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-1001'' was fitted with five
torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen
torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB
Naval mines, one
SK C/35 naval gun, (220 rounds), one
Flak M42 and two
C/30 anti-aircraft guns. The boat had a
complement of between forty-four and fifty-two.
Service history
''U-1001'' participated in six war patrols. None of these resulted in any ships damaged or sunk.
On 21 September, during her third war patrol, ''U-1001'' laid 15 TMB near
Porkkala
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The peninsula had great strategic value, as coastal artillery based there would be able to shoot more than half ...
, on the
Baltic Sea. The next day, 22 Sep 1944, ''U-1001'' rescued 13 shipwrecked German soldiers from the Baltic and landed them later on 2 October, at
Libau.
On 29 October 1944, during her fourth war patrol, ''U-1001'' transferred two medical cases from and in the Baltic.
''U-1001'' had
Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out in February 1945.
On 8 April 1945, 29 days out of
Kristiansand, on her sixth war patrol, she was located by the
British frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s and . ''U-1001'' was sunk by
depth charge
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s in the North Atlantic south-west of
Land's End, killing all forty-six of her crew.
The wreck now lies at .
See also
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Battle of the Atlantic
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German Type VIIC/41 submarines
U-boats commissioned in 1943
World War II submarines of Germany
1943 ships
Ships built in Hamburg
Maritime incidents in April 1945
World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
U-boats sunk by depth charges