U-Boat Operations

U-543	Type IXC/40
Feldpost Number	M 37 084
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder
Yard Number	364
Ordered	5th Jun 1941
Keel laid	3rd Jul 1942
Launched	3rd Feb 1943
Commissioned	21st Apr 1943
Baubelehrung	8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.43 - 10.43	4.U-Flottille, Stettin Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 07.44	10.U-Flottille, Lorient Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
21.04.43 - 02.07.44	OL Hans-Jürgen Karl Ferdinand Hellriegel see also: U-140 U-96

Operations information for U-543
09.11.1943 - 24.01.1944 First Sailing - active patrol U-543 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel on 9th Nov 1943 and arrived at Lorient on 24th Jan 1944 after nearly eleven weeks.
28.03.1944 - 02.07.1944 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 28th Mar 1944, U-543 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel. The boat was lost on 2nd Jul 1944.

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