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 | ||||||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| 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). | |||||||||||||
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.
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