List of all U-boats
U-630
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 23 Aug 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 606) | ||||||||
| Launched | 12 May 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 9 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Werner Winkler | ||||||||
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,894 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 6 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic north-east of Newfoundland, in position 52.31N, 44.50W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vidette. 47 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, October 1991). | |||||||||
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Left Kiel on 18 March, 1943.
Last radio message received on 17 April.
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 4 May, 1943 south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 56.38N, 42.38W, by depth charges from a Canadian Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 5/W). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against U-209 inflicting severe damage.
Wolfpack operations
U-630 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Löwenherz (1 Apr 1943 - 10 Apr 1943)
Lerche (10 Apr 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)
Specht (22 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 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-630 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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