U-63

Type

IIC

 
Ordered21 Jul 1937
Laid down 2 Jan 1939 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 262)
Launched6 Dec 1939
Commissioned18 Jan 1940Oblt. Günther Lorentz
Commanders
18 Jan 1940 - 25 Feb 1940   Günther Lorentz
Career1 patrol 18 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1940  1. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1940 - 25 Feb 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 3,840 GRT
Fate

Sunk 25 Feb, 1940 in the North Sea south of the Shetland Islands, in position 58.40N, 00.10W, by depth charges and torpedoes from the British destroyers, HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield, HMS Imogen and the British submarine HMS Narwhal. 1 dead and 24 survivors.

See the 1 ships hit by U-63 - View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-63 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
Submarines versus U-boats. Jones, Geoffrey, 1986.
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.


There was another U-63 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Feb 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 11 Mar 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 63 during WWI.