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| U-763 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 51 254 |
| Construction Yard | Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
| Yard Number | 146 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 21st Jan 1941 |
| Launched | 16th Jan 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13th Mar 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.43 - 10.43 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.43 - 09.44 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 10.44 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
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| 11.44 - 01.45 | 24.U-Flottille, Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| Commanders | | 03.43 - 08.44 | OL ~ KL Ernst Cordes
see also: U-560 U-1195 |
| 08.44 - 10.44 | LT Kurt Braun |
| 10.44 - 10.44 | KL Ernst Cordes
see also: U-560 U-1195 |
| 11.44 - 01.45 | OL Karl-Heinz Schröter
see also: U-1195 |
| Operations information for U-763 | 14.12.1943 - 07.02.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-763 left Kiel under the command of Ernst Cordes on 14th Dec 1943 and arrived at return on 7th Feb 1944 after nearly eight weeks.
| 19.03.1944 - 27.03.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Mar 1944, U-763 left La Pallice under the command of Ernst Cordes and after just over one week arrived at return on 27th Mar 1944.
| 10.06.1944 - 15.07.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-763 departed under Ernst Cordes from La Pallice on 10th Jun 1944 and arrived at return on 15th Jul 1944 after five weeks.U 763 is often reported to have sunk the Norwegian ship RINGEN on the 5th of July. The KTB of U 763 records the attack that is supposed to have sunk this ship, as having taken place on the 5th, and the evidence of any success during this attack is slim at best. Yet the captain of RINGEN reported the sinking as happening on the 4th. It is therefore most likely that RINGEN sank as the result of hitting a mine.
See the page on Ringen at warsailors.com.
Thanks to Siri Lawson and Roland Berr for clarifying this matter.
| 09.08.1944 - 14.08.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-763 left Brest under the command of Kurt Braun on 9th Aug 1944 and after five days arrived at return on 14th Aug 1944.
| 23.08.1944 - 25.09.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 23rd Aug 1944, U-763 left La Pallice under the command of Kurt Braun and arrived at return on 25th Sep 1944 after more than four weeks.
| 06.10.1944 - 11.10.1944
Sixth Sailing
U-763 departed under Kurt Braun from Bergen on 6th Oct 1944 and after five days arrived at return on 11th Oct 1944.
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