German submarine U-83 (1940)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-83 |
| Ordered: | 9 June 1938 |
| Builder: | Flender Werke, Lübeck |
| Yard number: | 291 |
| Laid down: | 5 October 1939 |
| Launched: | 9 December 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 8 February 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 4 March 1943 by a British aircraft[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIB submarine |
| Displacement: | 753 long tons (765 t) surfaced 857 long tons (871 t) submerged |
| Length: | 66.6 m (218 ft 6 in) o/a 48.8 m (160 ft 1 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke F46 diesel engines totalling, 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490. 2 × AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW). Max rpm: 295 |
| Speed: | 17.9 knots (20.6 mph; 33.2 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 16,095 km (8,691 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 175 km (94 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 220 m (720 ft) Crush depth: 230–250 m (750–820 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–48 officers and ratings |
| Armament: | • 4 × 53.3 cm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes • 12 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun with 220 rounds • 1 × C30 20 mm AA |
| Service record[2][3] | |
| Part of: | 1st U-boat Flotilla (8 February–31 December 1941) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (1 January–30 April 1942) 29th U-boat Flotilla (1 May 1942–4 March 1943) |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Hans-Werner Kraus (8 February 1941–21 September 1942) Kptlt. Ulrich Wörisshoffer (16 October 1942–4 March 1943) |
| Operations: | Twelve: 1st patrol: 26 July–9 September 1941 2nd patrol: 28 September–31 October 1941 3rd patrol: 11–23 December 1941 4th patrol: 25–30 December 1941 5th patrol: 12–24 February 1942 6th patrol: 10–21 March 1942 7th patrol: 5 April–30 May 1942 8th patrol: 4–20 June 1942 9th patrol: 6–20 August 1942 10th patrol: 21 November–17 December 1942 11th patrol: 12–31 January 1943 12th patrol: 1–4 March 1943 |
| Victories: | Five commercial ships sunk (8,425 GRT); one auxiliary warship sunk of 96 GRT; one commercial ship damaged of 2,590 GRT one auxiliary warship damaged of 6,746 GRT |
German submarine U-83 was a Type VIIB U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was laid down in the Flender Werke at Lubeck as 'werk' 291 on 5 October 1939. Launched on 9 December 1940, she was commissioned on 8 February 1941. U-83 served with 1st U-boat Flotilla from 8 February 1941 to 31 December, with the 23rd flotilla from 1 January 1942 to 30 April and with the 29th flotilla from 1 March 1942 until she was sunk.[2]
Service history
U-83 conducted 12 patrols and sank five ships totalling 8,194 gross register tons (GRT) and one auxiliary warship - the Q-ship HMS Farouk, of 91 GRT.[4] She damaged one other ship of 2,590 GRT and damaged the fighter catapult ship HMS Ariguani, of 6,746 GRT.[2][5]
U-83 was sunk on 4 March 1943 with all hands southeast of Cartagena in Spain in position 37°10′N 00°05′E / 37.167°N 0.083°ECoordinates: 37°10′N 00°05′E / 37.167°N 0.083°E, by three depth charges dropped from an RAF Hudson bomber.[2][6]
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 October 1941 | Corte Real |  Portugal |
2,044 | Sunk |
| 26 October 1941 | HMS Anguani |  Great Britain |
6,746 | Damaged |
| 17 March 1942 | Crista | Great Britain |
2,590 | Damaged |
| 8 June 1942 | Esther * |  Palestine |
100 | Sunk |
| 8 June 1942 | Said |  Egypt |
231 | Sunk |
| 9 June 1942 | Typhoon * | Palestine |
175 | Sunk |
| 13 June 1942 | HMS Farouk | Great Britain |
96 | Sunk |
| 17 August 1942 | Princess Marguerite |  Canada |
5,875 | Sunk |
* Sailing vessel
References
- Notes
- ^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed, German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. 1997. p. 105. Arms and Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3
- ^ a b c d "The Type VIIB boat U-83 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-83 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ "HMS Farouk (Q-ship) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ "HMS Ariguani (F 105) (Fighter catapult ship) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Kemp, p. 105.
- ^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u.83html
- Bibliography
- U-83 at uboat.net
- U-83 at ubootwaffe.net
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006
See also
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