U-953
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 10 Feb 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 153) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Oct 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 17 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross) | ||||||||||||
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| Career 10 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 1,927 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Transferred on 29 May, 1945 from Trondheim, Norway to England. Broken up after British Navy trials, in 1950. | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-953 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Trutz (1 Jun 1943 - 16 Jun 1943)
Trutz 2 (16 Jun 1943 - 29 Jun 1943)
Geier 2 (30 Jun 1943 - 15 Jul 1943)
Schill (25 Oct 1943 - 16 Nov 1943)
Borkum (1 Jan 1944 - 3 Jan 1944)
Borkum 3 (3 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944)
Dragoner (22 May 1944 - 28 May 1944)
Attacks on this boat
9 Jul 1943
The boat was attacked by an aircraft on 9 July killing one and wounding two of its crew. [Matrose I Egon Döring]
11 Jan 1944
The boat fired a T-5 homing torpedo at a corvette but missed and was in turn hunted down for 13 hours by escorts equipped with depth charges and hedgehogs. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 491)
4 Feb 1944
The boat was vectored in to attack convoy ON 222 but while attempting to do so an unknown Allied aircraft attacked the boat. Date may be approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 497)
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in March 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from the boat
9 Jul 1943
The boat was attacked by an aircraft on 9 July killing one and wounding two of its crew. [Matrose I Egon Döring]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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