Unterseeboot 183
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| U-183 | |||
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| Type | IXC/40
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| Commission Date | April 1, 1942 | ||
| Construction yard | AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Patrols | |||
| Start Date | End Date | Assigned Unit | |
| April 1, 1942 | Sep 30, 1942 | 4th Flotilla (training) | |
| Oct 1, 1942 | Sep 30, 1944 | 2nd Flotilla (front boat) | |
| Oct 1, 1944 | Apr 23, 1945 | 33rd Flotilla (training) | |
| She did | a total of | six war patrols | |
| Commanders | |||
| Apr, 1942 | Nov, 1943 | Korvkpt. Heinrich Schäfer | |
| Nov, 1943 | Apr, 1945 | Kptlt. Fritz Schneewind | |
| Successes | |||
| Type of Ship Sunk | Number of Ships Sunk | Gross Registered Tonnage | |
| Commercial Vessels | 4 | 19260 | |
| Military Vessels | None | 0 | |
Unterseeboot 183 (usually abbreviated to U-183) was a German submarine built during World War II. She was one of the so called "Monsun boats" or Monsun Gruppe, which operated in the Indian Ocean from Japanese bases in occupied Indonesia, mostly Penang. She did six war patrols, and was sunk days before the war's end, by American submarine USS Besugo, at the Java Sea. Only one crew member survived.
She was commissioned in April 1942, one of the first IXC/40 boats, somewhat larger and faster than the IXC type.
[edit] Monsun boats
U-183 was in the first wave of the Monsun boats, departing from France in July 1943, arriving at Penang on October 27. She operated in the zone for almost two years before she was sunk just as the war was going to end, on April 23, 1945.
