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| U-443 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 44 676 |
| Construction Yard | F.Schichau GmbH, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 1498 |
| Ordered | 13th Apr 1940 |
| Keel laid | 10th Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 31st Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18th Apr 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig-Neufahrwasser | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 04.42 - 09.42 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 10.42 - 12.42 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| 01.43 - 02.43 | 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 18.04.42 - 23.02.43 | OL Konstantin von Puttkamer
see also: U-46 |
| Operations information for U-443 | 01.10.1942 - 04.11.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-443 left Kiel under the command of Konstantin von Puttkamer on 1st Oct 1942 and arrived at Brest on 4th Nov 1942 after nearly five weeks.
Konstantin von Puttkamer hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy ON-139.-
On 22nd Oct 1942 he sank the British 9,807 ton Winnipeg II, sailing with convoy ON-139.
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On 22nd Oct 1942 he sank the British 8,036 ton Donax, a member of convoy ON-139.
| 29.11.1942 - 22.12.1942
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 29th Nov 1942, U-443 left Brest under the command of Konstantin von Puttkamer and after over three weeks arrived at La Spezia on 22nd Dec 1942.
Konstantin von Puttkamer hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy KMF-4 and one was from convoy TE-9.
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On 11th Dec 1942 he sank the British 1,087 ton HMS Blean, part of convoy KMF-4.
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On 14th Dec 1942 he sank the British 1,592 ton Edencrag, from convoy TE-9.
| 16.02.1943 - 23.02.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-443 departed under Konstantin von Puttkamer from La Spezia on 16th Feb 1943. The boat was lost on 23rd Feb 1943.
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