German submarine U-843

German submarine U-843

"U-843" was a German World War II Type IXC/40 submarine commissioned on 24 March 1943 and served with 4. Unterseebootsflottille (4th U-Boat Flotilla) for training, with 2. Unterseebootsflottille (2nd U-Boat Flotilla) from 1 November 1943 to 30 September 1944, and with 33. Unterseebootsflottille (33rd U-Boat Flotilla) from 1 October 1944 to 9 April1944.

U-843 completed 4 patrols and sunk one ship totalling GRT|8,261|first=yes. With 33. Unterseebootsflottille U-843 was used to transport Zinc, departing from the Japanese controlled port of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; however, she never delivered her cargo. U-843 was sunk on 9 April 1945 west of Gothenburg by rockets fired from a Mosquito fighter-bomber of RAF No.248 Squadron. 44 crewmembers were killed 12 survived the attack.

References

*Bishop, C. "Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45". Amber Books, 2006.


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