German submarine U-223
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German submarine U-223 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-223 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 653 |
Laid down | 15 July 1941 |
Launched | 16 April 1942 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by a British warship, 30 March 1944 |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 01 671 |
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Ordered on 15 August 1940 from the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was laid down on 15 July 1941 as yard number 653, launched on 16 April 1942 and commissioned on 6 June under the command of Kapitänleutnant Karl-Jürg Wächter.
A member of eight wolfpacks, she sank two ships totalling 12,556 gross register tons (GRT) in six patrols. She also sank one warship of 1,935 tons and caused one ship of 4,970 GRT and one warship of 1,300 tons to be declared total losses.
She was sunk on 30 March 1944 by British warships in the Mediterranean Sea. 23 men died; there were 27 survivors.