List of all U-boats
U-633
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 22 Sep 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 609) | ||||||||
| Launched | 10 Jun 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Bernhard Müller | ||||||||
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 3,921 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 8 March 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 58.21N, 31.00W, by depth charges from the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Spencer. 43 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, May 2005). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 7 March, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 57.14N, 26.30W, by depth charges from a British Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 220/J). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against U-641 inflicting no damage. - Sunk 10 March 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 58.51N, 19.55W, by ramming from the British merchant SS Scorton.
Wolfpack operations
U-633 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Neuland (4 Mar 1943 - 6 Mar 1943)
Ostmark (6 Mar 1943 - 10 Mar 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-633 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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