U-Boat Operations U-403 Type VIIC

Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

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U-403 Type VIIC
Feldpost Number M 43 616
Construction Yard Danziger Werft AG, Danzig
Yard Number 104
Ordered 23rd Sep 1939
Keel laid 20th May 1940
Launched 26th Feb 1941
Commissioned 25th Jun 1941
Baubelehrung Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
06.41 – 08.41 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.41 – 06.42 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
07.42 – 03.43 11.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
03.43 – 08.43 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
25.06.41 – 15.06.43 OL ~ KL Heinz-Ehlert Clausen
see also: U-101
16.06.43 – 17.08.43 KL Karl-Franz Heine
see also: U-303
Courtesy Mathieu de Wolf Rudi Heel was 21 when he was lost with U-403
Rudolf ‘Rudi’ Heel Courtesy Mathieu de Wolf

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