List of all U-boats

U-803

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered7 Dec 1940
Laid down30 Jun 1942 Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen (werk 361)
Launched1 Apr 1943
Commissioned7 Sep 1943Kptlt. Karl Schimpf
Commanders
7 Sep 1943 - 27 Apr 1944  Kptlt. Karl Schimpf
Career
No patrols
7 Sep 1943-27 Apr 1944  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 27 April, 1944 in the Baltic Sea near Swinemünde, in position 53.55N, 14.17E, by a mine. 9 dead and 35 survivors.

Raised 9 Aug, 1944 and taken out of service. Fate unknown.

Attacks on this boat

11 Apr 1944
During an air raid on Stettin 5 men from the boat were killed.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

11 Apr 1944
During an air raid on Stettin 5 men from the boat were killed.

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



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.