List of all U-boats

U-463

Type

XIV

Ordered

15 Aug 1940

Laid down

8 Mar 1941

Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 294)

Launched

20 Dec 1941

Commissioned

2 Apr 1942

KrvKpt. Leo Wolfbauer

Commanders

2 Apr 1942

16 May 1943

KrvKpt. Leo Wolfbauer

Career
5 patrols

2 Apr 1942	-	31 Jul 1942	4. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1942	-	31 Oct 1942	10. Flottille (active service)
1 Nov 1942	-	16 May 1943	12. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sunk on 16 May 1943 in the Bay of Biscay in position 45.57N, 11.40W by depth charges from a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn. 58/R). 57 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, April 1990).

Loss position

View the 5 war patrols

Previously recorded fate

Sunk 15 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic in position 45.28N, 10.20W, by depth charges from a British Hadley Halifax aircraft (Sqdn. 58/M). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack sank the U-266 instead.

Wolfpack operations

U-463 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Delphin (11 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 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-463 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.