U-843

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 21 Apr 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1049)
Launched15 Dec 1942
Commissioned24 Mar 1943Kptlt. Oskar Herwartz
Commanders
24 Mar 1943 - 9 Apr 1945  Kptlt. Oskar Herwartz
Career3 patrols 24 Mar 1943 - 31 Oct 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1943 - 30 Sep 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 9 Apr 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 8,261 GRT
Fate

Sunk 9 April, 1945 in the Kattegat west of Gothenburg, in position 57.32N, 11.23E, by rockets from a British Mosquito aircraft (RAF Sqdn 235/A, pilot F/O A.J. Rendell). 44 dead and 12 survivors.

See the 1 ships hit by U-843 - View the 3 war patrols

On 22 August, 1958 the wreck of U-843 was raised in 57°32,6N, 11°23,6E and broken up at Gothenburg in 1958/59.

Attacks on this boat

10 Apr 1944
An American B-24 bomber from Squadron VB 107 (pilot Edward W. Krug) attacked the boat causing damages to its stern torpedo tubes. The boat abandoned planned operations off Cape Town and continued into the Indian Ocean, arriving in Jakarta on June 11. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 537)

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-843 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.
Tio Timmar från Kiel. Williams, Åke and Hellstrom, Jan Arvid, 1992.
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.
Unter Nippons Sonne. Thomer, 1959.