U-843
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 21 Apr, 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1049) | ||
| Launched | 15 Dec, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 24 Mar, 1943 | Kptlt. Oskar Herwartz | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 24 Mar, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1943 - 30 Sep, 1944 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct, 1944 - 9 Apr, 1945 33. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 8.261 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 9 April, 1945 in the Kattegat west of Gothenburg, in position 57.32N, 11.23E, by rockets from a British Mosquito aircraft (RAF Sqdn 235/A, pilot F/O A.J. Rendell). 44 dead and 12 survivors. | |||
See the 1 ships hit by U-843 - View the 4 war patrols
On 22 August, 1958 the wreck of U-843 was raised in 57°32,6N, 11°23,6E and broken up at Gothenburg in 1958/59.
Attacks on this boat
10 Apr, 1944
An American B-24 bomber from Squadron VB 107 (pilot Edward W. Krug) attacked the boat causing damages to its stern torpedo tubes. The boat abandoned planned operations off Cape Town and continued into the Indian Ocean, arriving in Jakarta on June 11. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 537)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-843 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998  Tio Timmar från Kiel, Williams, Åke and Hellstrom, Jan Arvid, 1992 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  Unter Nippons Sonne, Thomer, 1959 |