U-Boat Operations

U-383	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 41 101
Construction Yard	Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	14
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	29th Mar 1941
Launched	22nd Apr 1942
Commissioned	6th Jun 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel / 1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.42 - 09.42	8.U-Flottille, Danzig Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.42 - 08.43	9.U-Flottille, Brest Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
06.42 - 08.43	OL Horst Kremser

Operations information for U-383
17.10.1942 - 09.12.1942 First Sailing - active patrol U-383 left Kiel under the command of Horst Kremser on 17th Oct 1942 and arrived at Brest on 9th Dec 1942 after seven and a half weeks. Horst Kremser hit one ship on this patrol. On 24th Oct 1942 he sank the Icelandic 423 ton Jon Olafsson.
06.01.1943 - 10.03.1943 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 6th Jan 1943, U-383 left Brest under the command of Horst Kremser and returned to Brest on 10th Mar 1943 after nine weeks on patrol.
17.04.1943 - 25.05.1943 Third Sailing - active patrol U-383 departed under Horst Kremser from Brest on 17th Apr 1943 and arrived back at Brest on 25th May 1943 after five and a half weeks on patrol.
27.07.1943 - 01.08.1943 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-383 left Brest under the command of Horst Kremser on 27th Jul 1943. The boat was lost on 1st Aug 1943.

Notes for U-383

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