U-183
Type | IXC/40 | |||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||
| Laid down | 28 May 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1023) | ||||
| Launched | 9 Jan 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 1 Apr 1942 | Korvkpt. Heinrich Schäfer | ||||
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| Career | 6 patrols | 1 Apr 1942 - 30 Sep 1942 4. Flottille (training) 1 Oct 1942 - 30 Sep 1944 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct 1944 - 23 Apr 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 4 ships sunk for a total of 19,260 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 6,993 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk at 1300 hrs on 23 April, 1945 in the Java Sea, in position 04.50S, 112.52E, by a torpedo from the US submarine USS Besugo 54 dead and 1 survivor | |||||
See the 5 ships hit by U-183 - View the 6 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-183 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hartherz (4 Feb 1943 - 7 Feb 1943)
General notes on this boat
* Fritz Schneewind was born on 10 April, 1917 in Padang/Sumatra. Thus, his life ended in the same region it began.
U-183 was one of the Monsun boats that patrolled in the Far East.
Men lost from the boat
13 May 1944
One man was killed in an accident working in a diving cell while preparing for its next patrol in the Far East. The boat left for the patrol from Penang on 17 May. [Obermaschinenmaat Erich Adelsheimer]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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