List of all U-boats
U-803
Type | IXC/40 | ||||||
| Ordered | 7 Dec 1940 | ||||||
| Laid down | 30 Jun 1942 | Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen (werk 361) | |||||
| Launched | 1 Apr 1943 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 7 Sep 1943 | Kptlt. Karl Schimpf | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 27 April 1944 in the Baltic Sea north-east of Swinemünde, in position 54.06,7N, 14.35,5E, by an air-laid mine in the British minefield Geranium. 9 dead and 35 survivors. | ||||||
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U-803 was raised on 9 August 1944 and taken to Swinemünde. Wreck captured there by Soviet forces in April 1945. Was still present in August 1946, but final fate unknown.
Attacks on this boat and other events
11 Apr 1944
Five men from the boat died during an air raid on Stettin (Szczecin, Poland).
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
11 Apr 1944
Five men from the boat died during an air raid on Stettin (Szczecin, Poland).
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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