U-503
Type | IXC | |||
| Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 29 Apr 1940 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 293) | ||
| Launched | 5 Apr 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 10 Jul 1941 | Kptlt. Otto Gericke | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 10 Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942 2. Flottille (training) 1 Feb 1942 - 15 Mar 1942 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 15 March, 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Newfoundland, in position 45.50N, 48.50W, by depth charges from a US Hudson aircraft (Sqdn VP-82). 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Attacks on this boat
15 Mar 1942
The sinking of U-503
The boat was bombed and sunk by a PBO-1 Hudson (VP-82 USN, pilot CPO Donald F. Mason, DFC, USNR) from Argentia escorting the convoy ON-72 south-east of Newfoundland. The PBO-1 Hudsons were 20 Hudson Mk.IIIA diverted from Lend-Lease to equip the VP-82 USN, which sank the first two U-boats sunk by US forces, U-656 on 1 March and U-503 on 15 March 1942.
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-503 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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