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Unterseeboot 83 or U-83 was a Type VIIB submarine commissioned on 8 February 1941. U-83 served with 1. Unterseebootsflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) from 8 February 1941 to 31 December 1941, with 23. Unterseebootsflottille from 1 January 1942 to 30 April 1942, and with 29. Unterseebootsflottille from 1 May 1942 until she was sunk. U-83 completed 12 patrols sank five ships totalling 8,425 GrossRegistered Tonnage or GRT, sank one auxiliary warship ship totalling 91 GRT, damaged one other ship totalling 2,590 GRT, and damaged one warship totalling 6,746 GRT. U-83 was sunk on 4 March 1943 with all hands on deck southeast of Cartagena by depth charges from RAF Hudson.
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- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
