U-83
Type | VIIB | |||||
| Ordered | 9 Jun 1938 | |||||
| Laid down | 5 Oct 1939 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 291) | ||||
| Launched | 9 Dec 1940 | |||||
| Commissioned | 8 Feb 1941 | Oblt. Hans-Werner Kraus | ||||
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| Career | 12 patrols | 8 Feb 1941 - 31 May 1941 1. Flottille (training) 1 Jun 1941 - 31 Dec 1941 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan 1942 - 30 Apr 1942 23. Flottille (front boat) 1 May 1942 - 4 Mar 1943 29. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 8,425 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 96 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 2,590 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 6,746 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 March, 1943 south-east of Cartagena, in position 37.10N, 00.05E, by 3 depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 8 ships hit by U-83 - View the 12 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
28 Dec 1941
The U-83 was attacked by an escort in the Mediterranean which damaged her so severely that she was forced 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-83 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-83 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 13 Jul 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 6 Jun 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 83 during WWI.