U-633

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down 22 Sep 1941 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 609)
Launched10 Jun 1942
Commissioned30 Jul 1942Oblt. Bernhard Müller
Commanders
30 Jul 1942 - 10 Mar 1943  Oblt. Bernhard Müller
Career1 patrol 30 Jul 1942 - 28 Feb 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1943 - 10 Mar 1943  9. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 3,921 GRT
Fate

Left Kiel, Germany on 20 Feb, 1943.
Last radio message received on 3 March, 1943.

Sunk 10 March, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 58.51N, 19.55W, by ramming from the British merchant SS Scorton. 43 dead (all hands lost).

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Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during December 1996. More on revised fates.

Sunk 7 March, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 57.14N, 26.30W, by depth charges from a British Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 220/J).

This attack was actually against U-641 inflicting no damage.

Wolfpack operations

U-633 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Neuland (6 Mar 1943 - 10 Mar 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-633 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.