List of all U-boats

U-883

Type

IXD/42

Ordered

2 Apr 1942

Laid down

27 Jul 1943

AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1091)

Launched

28 Apr 1944

Commissioned

27 Mar 1945

Oblt. Johannes Uebel

Commanders

1 May 1944	-	1 Oct 1944		Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude
27 Mar 1945	-	5 May 1945		Oblt. (R) Johannes Uebel

Career
No patrols

27 Mar 1945

5 May 1945

4. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany.

Transferred from Wilhelmshaven, Germany to Lisahally, N. Ireland on 21 June 1945 for Operation Deadlight. (Waller & Niestlé, October 2010).

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 31 Dec, 1945 in position 55.44N, 08.40W.

Final location

General notes on this boat

27 Mar 1945. U-883 was commissioned in 1945, the only U-boat of Type IXD/42.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-883 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.