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| U-263 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 02 258 |
| Construction Yard | Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen |
| Yard Number | 28 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 8th Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 18th Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 6th May 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 05.42 - 10.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 11.42 - 01.44 | 1.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 05.42 - 01.44 | OL Kurt Nölke
see also: U-20 U-584 |
| Operations information for U-263 | 27.10.1942 - 29.11.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-263 left Kiel under the command of Kurt Nölke on 27th Oct 1942 and arrived at La Pallice on 29th Nov 1942 after more than four weeks.
Kurt Nölke hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy KMS-3.-
On 20th Nov 1942 he sank the British 5,132 ton Grangepark, sailing with convoy KMS-3.
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On 20th Nov 1942 he sank the Norwegian 7,244 ton Prins Harald, a member of convoy KMS-3.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Prins Harald.
| 19.01.1944 - 20.01.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Jan 1944, U-263 left La Pallice under the command of Kurt Nölke. The boat was lost on 20th Jan 1944.
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