List of all U-boats
U-303
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Dec 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 14 Jun 1941 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 303) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 16 May 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Jul 1942 | Kptlt. Karl-Franz Heine | ||||||||||||
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,959 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 21 May, 1943 in the western Mediterranean south of Toulon, in position 42.50N, 06.00E by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Sickle. 20 dead and 28 survivors. | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-303 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Habicht (10 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Haudegen (19 Jan 1943 - 15 Feb 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-303 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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