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| U-163 | Type IXC |
| Feldpost Number | M 28 716 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Seebeckwerft), Wesermünde-Geestemünde |
| Yard Number | 702 |
| Ordered | 25th Sep 1939 |
| Keel laid | 8th May 1940 |
| Launched | 1st May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 21st Oct 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 10.41 - 07.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 07.42 - 03.43 | 10.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 10.41 - 03.43 | KK Kurt-Eduard Engelmann |
| Operations information for U-163 | 21.07.1942 - 16.09.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-163 left Kiel under the command of Kurt-Eduard Engelmann on 21st Jul 1942 and arrived at Lorient on 16th Sep 1942 after just over eight weeks.
| 17.10.1942 - 06.01.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Oct 1942, U-163 left Lorient under the command of Kurt-Eduard Engelmann and returned to Lorient on 6th Jan 1943 after eleven and a half weeks on patrol.
Kurt-Eduard Engelmann hit four ships on this patrol, two of these ships were in convoy: One was from convoy BRN-3 and one was from convoy TAG-20.
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On 5th Nov 1942 he sank the British 5,185 ton La Cordillera.
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On 12th Nov 1942 he fatally damaged the American 2,000 ton USS Erie, sailing with convoy TAG-20.
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On 21st Nov 1942 he sank the British 6,060 ton Empire Starling.
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On 22nd Nov 1942 he sank the Brazilian 3,766 ton Apalóide, a member of convoy BRN-3.
| 10.03.1943 - 13.03.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-163 departed under Kurt-Eduard Engelmann from Lorient on 10th Mar 1943. The boat was lost on 13th Mar 1943.
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