U-363
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||
| Laid down | 23 Dec 1941 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 482) | ||||
| Launched | 17 Dec 1942 | |||||
| Commissioned | 18 Mar 1943 | Oblt. Wolf-Werner Wilzer | ||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | 18 Mar 1943 - 31 May 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 Jun 1944 - 14 Sep 1944 11. Flottille (front boat) 15 Sep 1944 - 8 May 1945 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Surrendered at Narvik, Norway on 8 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, on 19 May and later to Lisahally for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||
The U-boats that were in the Narvik area at the end of the war were all moved to the Skjomenfjord upon Allied orders to avoid conflicts with the Norwegians on 12 May. On 15 May, a German convoy of four ships (the fleet tender Grille with the staff of FdU Norwegen aboard, the fleet oiler Kärnten and the depot ships Huascaran and Stella Polaris) and 15 U-boats (U-278, U-294, U-295, U-312, U-313, U-318, U-363, U-427, U-481, U-668, U-716, U-968, U-992, U-997 and U-1165) left for transfer to Trondheim, but was intercepted after two days by the 9th Escort Group off the Norwegian coast and officially capitulated. While the ships were allowed to proceed to Trondheim, the U-boats were escorted to Loch Eriboll, Scotland, arriving on 19 May. All U-boats were later that month transferred to Lisahally or Loch Ryan for Operation Deadlight.
Attacks on this boat
24 Apr 1945
The boat was attacked by a hunter-killer group. During the depth charge attack the periscope was damaged so badly that the boat had to return to base.
1 recorded attack 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-363 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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