German submarine U-1063 was a Type VIIC/41 submarine of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 17 August 1943 by Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was commissioned on 8 July 1944 with Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Stephan in command. On her first patrol U-1063 was sunk on 15 April 1945 in the English Channel west of Land's End, south of Bigbury Bay, Devon, in position , by squid depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin. 29 of the crew were killed, there were 17 survivors. She now lies at a depth of 58 meters.
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