German submarine U-83 (1940)

History
Name	U-83
Ordered	9 June 1938
Builder	Flender Werke, Lübeck
Yard number	291
Laid down	5 October 1939
Launched	9 December 1940
Commissioned	8 February 1941
Fate	Sunk, 4 March 1943 by a British aircraft
General characteristics
Type	Type VIIB submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 753 tonnes (741 long tons) surfaced; 857 t (843 long tons) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 66.6 m (218 ft 6 in) o/a; 48.8 m (160 ft 1 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a; 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke F46 diesel engines totalling, 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490.; 2 × AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW). Max rpm: 295
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17.9 knots (20.6 mph; 33.2 km/h) surfaced; 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 16,095 km (8,691 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced; 175 km (94 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	list error: <br /> list (help); 220 m (720 ft); Crush depth: 230–250 m (750–820 ft)
Complement	44–48 officers and ratings
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 4 × 53.3 cm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes ; • 12 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines; • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun with 220 rounds; • 1 × C30 20 mm AA
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); 1st U-boat Flotilla; (8 February–31 December 1941); 23rd U-boat Flotilla; (1 January–30 April 1942); 29th U-boat Flotilla; (1 May 1942–4 March 1943)
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kptlt. Hans-Werner Kraus; (8 February 1941–21 September 1942); Kptlt. Ulrich Wörisshoffer; (16 October 1942–4 March 1943)
Operations:	list error: <br /> list (help); Twelve:; 1st patrol:; 26 July–9 September 1941; 2nd patrol:; 28 September–31 October 1941; 3rd patrol:; 11–23 December 1941; 4th patrol:; 25–30 December 1941; 5th patrol:; 12–24 February 1942; 6th patrol:; 10–21 March 1942; 7th patrol:; 5 April–30 May 1942; 8th patrol:; 4–20 June 1942; 9th patrol:; 6–20 August 1942; 10th patrol:; 21 November–17 December 1942; 11th patrol:; 12–31 January 1943; 12th patrol:; 1–4 March 1943
Victories:	list error: <br /> list (help); Five commercial ships sunk (8,425 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help));; one auxiliary warship sunk of 96 GRT;; one commercial ship damaged of 2,590 GRT; one auxiliary warship damaged of 6,746 GRT

German submarine U-83 was a Type VIIB U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She was laid down in the Flender Werke at Lubeck as Werk 291 on 5 October 1939. Launched on 9 December 1940, she was commissioned on 8 February 1941. U-83 served with 1st U-boat Flotilla from 8 February 1941 to 31 December, with the 23rd flotilla from 1 January 1942 to 30 April and with the 29th flotilla from 1 March 1942 until she was sunk.^[2]

Service history

U-83 conducted 12 patrols and sank five ships totalling 8,194 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help) and one auxiliary warship - the Q-ship HMS Farouk, of 91 GRT.^[4] She damaged one other ship of 2,590 GRT and damaged the fighter catapult ship HMS Ariguani, of 6,746 GRT.^[2]^[5]

U-83 was sunk on 4 March 1943 with all hands southeast of Cartagena in Spain in position 37°10′N 00°05′E / 37.167°N 0.083°E / 37.167; 0.083, by three depth charges dropped from an RAF Hudson bomber.^[2]^[6]

Summary of raiding history

Date	Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate^[7]
12 October 1941	Corte Real	Portugal	2,044	Sunk
26 October 1941	HMS Anguani	Great Britain	6,746	Damaged
17 March 1942	Crista	Great Britain	2,590	Damaged
8 June 1942	Esther *	Mandatory Palestine	100	Sunk
8 June 1942	Said	Kingdom of Egypt	231	Sunk
9 June 1942	Typhoon *	Mandatory Palestine	175	Sunk
13 June 1942	HMS Farouk	Great Britain	96	Sunk
17 August 1942	Princess Marguerite	Canada	5,875	Sunk

* Sailing vessel

References

Notes

^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed, German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. 1997. p. 105. Arms and Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Type VIIB boat U-83 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-83 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ "HMS Farouk (Q-ship) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ "HMS Ariguani (F 105) (Fighter catapult ship) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ Kemp, p. 105.
^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u.83html

Bibliography

U-83 at uboat.net
U-83 at ubootwaffe.net
Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006

External links

U-83 at u-boot-archiv.de Template:De icon

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Type VIID	U-213 U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218
Type VIIF	U-1059 U-1060 U-1061 U-1062
Preceded by: Type II Followed by: Type IX List of U-boats of Germany

Service history

Summary of raiding history

References

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