German submarine U-1001


German submarine U-1001 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 14 October 1941, and was laid down on 31 December 1942, at Blohm & Voss, 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

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 of, a height of, and a draught of. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. 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, fourteen torpedoes or 26 TMA or TMB Naval mines, one SK C/35 naval gun,, 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, 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 frigates and. U-1001 was sunk by depth charges in the North Atlantic south-west of Land's End, killing all forty-six of her crew.
The wreck now lies at.