U-283
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 10 Jun, 1942 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 48) | ||||
| Launched | 17 Feb, 1943 | |||||
| Commissioned | 31 Mar, 1943 | Oblt. Heinz-Günther Scholz | ||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 31 Mar, 1943 - 31 Jan, 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1944 - 11 Feb, 1944 9. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 11 Feb, 1944 south-west of the Faeroes, in position 60.45N, 12.50W, by depth charges from a Canadian Wellington aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 407/D). 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
Attacks on this boat
10 Feb, 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:Canadian Wellington (Sqdn 612/N)
U-283 was sunk the very next day by another aircraft.
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-283 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |