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| U-537 | Type IXC/40 |
| Feldpost Number | M 49 804 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder |
| Yard Number | 355 |
| Ordered | 10th Apr 1941 |
| Keel laid | 10th Apr 1942 |
| Launched | 7th Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27th Jan 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 8.KLA, Hamburg | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 01.43 - 07.43 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.43 - 09.44 | 10.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 11.44 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 27.01.43 - 09.11.44 | KL Peter Schrewe
see also: U-378 U-591 |
| Operations information for U-537 | 18.09.1943 - 23.09.1943
First Sailing
U-537 left Kiel under the command of Peter Schrewe on 18th Sep 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 23rd Sep 1943 after five days.
| 30.09.1943 - 08.12.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 30th Sep 1943, U-537 left Bergen under the command of Peter Schrewe and after nearly ten weeks arrived at Lorient on 8th Dec 1943.
| 25.03.1944 - 02.08.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-537 departed under Peter Schrewe from Lorient on 25th Mar 1944 and arrived at Batavia on 2nd Aug 1944 after eighteen and a half weeks.
| 01.10.1944 - 01.10.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-537 left Batavia under the command of Peter Schrewe on 1st Oct 1944 and arrived at Soerabaja on the same day.
| 09.11.1944 - 09.11.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 9th Nov 1944, U-537 left Soerabaja under the command of Peter Schrewe. On the 9th Nov 1944, U-537 was sunk.
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