Patrol info for U-83
| Departure | Arrival / Fate | Duration | ||
| 4 Jun 1942 | Salamis | 20 Jun 1942 | La Spezia | 17 days |
Commander | Officers * | ||
 Kptlt. Hans-Werner Kraus |
1WO Oblt. Hans-Georg Trox |
1WO Ltn. Hermann Rahn |
WO Oblt. Hans-Adolf Engel |
Daily positions, sinkings and allied attacks during the patrol of U-83
We have daily positions for all 17 days on this patrol.
Departure from Salamis on 4 Jun 1942.
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Arrival at La Spezia on 20 Jun 1942.
Ships hit by U-83 during this patrol
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 1942 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | Said | 231 |  | ag | A | ||
| 8 Jun 1942 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | Esther | 100 |  | pl | B | ||
| 9 Jun 1942 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | Typhoon | 175 | | pl | C | ||
| 13 Jun 1942 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | HMS Farouk | 96 |  | br | D | ||
| 602 | |||||||||
4 ships sunk (602 tons). | |||||||||
General Events during this patrol
1942
15 Jun 1942. U-83 rescued all six crewmen of the drifting Dornier Do24T2 WNr 49 (7. Seenotstaffel, CM+IO) and a fighter pilot in the Mediterranean Sea about 60 miles north of Tobruk at 2300hrs. Earlier that day the flying boat had rescued Lt Heinrich Hesse, pilot of the Messerschmitt Bf109F-4/Trop WNr 10163 (7./JG 53, White 6) which had been shot down in aerial combat on 14 February, but crashed on take-off and was scuttled by the U-boat after all men were taken off.
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Attacks on U-83 during this patrol
We have no recorded attacks on U-83 duing this patrol.
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* These are officers that later became commanders themselves.