U-995 Type VIIC/41 at the Laboe Naval Memorial. This U-boat is almost identical to U-1163.
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-1163 |
Ordered | 14 October 1941 |
Builder | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig |
Yard number | 135 |
Laid down | 5 December 1942 |
Launched | 12 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1943 |
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General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type VIIC/41 submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 44-52 officers & ratings |
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Identification codes: | M 52 936 |
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Victories: |
1 merchant ship sunk (433 GRT) |
German submarine U-1163 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 5 December 1942 at Danziger Werft AG, Danzig, as yard number 135. She was launched on 12 June 1943 and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Ernst-Ludwig Balduhn on 6 October of that year.[1][2]