U-Boat Operations

U-630	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 21 203
Construction Yard	Blohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number	606
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	23rd Aug 1941
Launched	12th May 1942
Commissioned	9th Jul 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.42 - 03.43	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.43 - 05.43	3.U-Flottille, La Pallice Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.42 - 05.43	OL Werner Winkler

Operations information for U-630

18.03.1943 - 06.05.1943
First Sailing
U-630 left Kiel under the command of Werner Winkler on 18th Mar 1943 and arrived at return on 6th May 1943 after seven weeks.
On 22nd Mar 1943 in square AF 71, U-630 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 612 Squadron.
Werner Winkler hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy HX-231.

On 5th Apr 1943 he sank the British 5,529 ton Shillong, sailing with convoy HX-231.
On 5th Apr 1943 he sank the British 9,365 ton Waroonga, a member of convoy HX-231.

Notes for U-630

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2 relevant ships here:

SHILLONG

WAROONGA

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