U-483

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down20 Mar 1943 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 318)
Launched30 Oct 1943
Commissioned22 Dec 1943Kptlt. Hans-Joachim von Morstein
Commanders
22 Dec 1943 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim von Morstein
Career
2 patrols
22 Dec 1943-31 Jul 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944-4 Sep 1944  3. Flottille (front boat)
5 Sep 1944-8 May 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 warship a total loss for a total of 1,300 tons
Fate

Transferred from Trondheim, Norway to Scapa Flow and then to Loch Ryan, Scotland on May 29, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 16 December 1945 at 56.10N x 10.05W by unknown causes.

See the 1 ships hit by U-483 - View the 2 war patrols

General notes on this boat

1 Nov 1944. On Nov 1, 1944 the U-483 torpedoed the British 1300 ton Captain class frigate HMS Whitaker (ex. USS DE 571) off Lough Swilly, Republic of Ireland. The frigate survived the blast but was damaged beyond repair and was eventually broken up in 1948.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in August 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from the boat

12 Oct 1944
During a Schnorchel failure the crew suffered a CO2 poisoning where 1 man died. [Funkmaat Gustav Hoffmann]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.