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History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-683 |
Ordered | 25 August 1941 |
Builder | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg |
Yard number | 832 |
Laid down | 23 December 1942 |
Launched | 7 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 Mai 1943 |
Fate | Missing in the North Atlantic since 3 April 1945 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 t (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) (o/a) 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) (pressure hull) |
Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) (o/a) 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) (pressure hull) |
Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 PS (2,800–3,200 bhp; 2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × SSW double-acting electric motors, totaling 750 PS (740 shp; 550 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers & ratings |
Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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Service record | |
Identification codes: | M 00 375 |
Commanders: | Oblt.z.S. Günter Keller |
Operations: | 1 war patrol |
Victories: | no ships sunk |
German submarine U-683 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 23 December 1942 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Hamburg, launched on 7 March 1944, and commissioned on 30 May 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Günter Keller.
Attached to 31st U-boat Flotilla based at Wesermünde, U-683 completed her training period on 31 December 1944 and was assigned to front-line service.
Service history
On the first and final war patrol, U-683 was last heard from on 20 February 1945 en-route to the assigned patrol area off Cherbourg.[2]
References
- ^ Gröner 1985, pp. 72–74.
- ^ Busch, Röll 1999, p. 318.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
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External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-683". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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