Maritime record MWX1655 - U1191

Built: Schichau, Danzig Keel laid: 14-Nov-1942 Launched: 06-Jul-1943 Commissioned: 09-Sep-1943 Commander: Ol Peter Grau Crew: 50 Crew lost: 50 (3) Engine HP: 2800 Propulsion: Screw driven x 2, oil engine Armament: 1 x 8.8cm.; 1 x 2 cm.; 5 x TT. Owner: German Navy (1)(2) Date of Loss Qualifier: A German type VIIC patrol submarine. Decca position (SW Chain) Red (F) 18.78; Purple (A) 50.27; Green (B) 35.7. (1)(2) 09-MAY-1944 Left Kiel and arrived in Stavanger. 22-MAY-1944 Left for operations, heading for the North Atlantic. 09-Jun-1944 U1191 was ordered to proceed up the English Channel and on the 18th reported she was west of Achill Point, Ireland. She was later attacked by a Wellington bomber and sunk, there were no survivors.(3) Additional source:

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<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> U-boat Operations of the Second World War, p230 (Monograph). SWX5012.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 273 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> McCartney, I, 2003, Lost Patrols, Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. (Monograph). SWX8097.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900922 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 4:25PM