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| U-1055 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 04 059 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 689 |
| Ordered | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Keel laid | 30th Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 9th Mar 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8th Apr 1944 |
| Baubelehrung | 1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 04.44 - 11.44 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 12.44 - 04.45 | 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
Frontboot minenünternehmungen (minelaying)
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| Commanders | | 04.44 - 04.45 | OL Rudolf Meyer |
| Operations information for U-1055 | 01.12.1944 - 04.12.1944
First Sailing
U-1055 left Kiel under the command of Rudolf Meyer on 1st Dec 1944 and arrived at Horten on 4th Dec 1944 after three days.
| 09.12.1944 - 10.12.1944
Second Sailing
On the 9th Dec 1944, U-1055 left Horten under the command of Rudolf Meyer and after one day arrived at Marviken on 10th Dec 1944.
| 11.12.1944 - 01.02.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-1055 departed under Rudolf Meyer from Marviken on 11th Dec 1944 and arrived at Stavanger on 1st Feb 1945 after seven and a half weeks.
Rudolf Meyer hit four ships on this patrol, one was from convoy ON-277.-
On 9th Jan 1945 he sank the American 7,198 ton Jonas Lie, sailing with convoy ON-277.
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On 11th Jan 1945 he sank the British 1,428 ton Normandy Coast.
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On 11th Jan 1945 he sank the American 2,606 ton Roanoke.
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On 15th Jan 1945 he sank the British 8,181 ton Maja.
| 22.03.1945 - 23.03.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-1055 left Stavanger under the command of Rudolf Meyer on 22nd Mar 1945 and after one day arrived at Bergen on 23rd Mar 1945.
| 05.04.1945 - 23.04.1945
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 5th Apr 1945, U-1055 left Bergen under the command of Rudolf Meyer. The boat was sunk on 23rd Apr 1945.
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