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U-Boat Operations

Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards — Fernando Almeida
Ships, General — Werner Freitag
Ship Details — David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant — Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks — Howard Cock

U-63	Type IIC
Feldpost Number	M 06 536
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	262
Ordered	21st Jul 1937
Keel laid	2nd Jan 1939
Launched	6th Dec 1939
Commissioned	18th Jan 1940
Baubelehrung	Marinelehrwerkstatt, Kiel / Baubelehrung U-Boote Ostsee, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
01.40 - 02.40	U-Flottille Emsmann, Kiel Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
01.40 - 02.40	OL Günther Lorentz see also: U-10

Operations information for U-63
17.02.1940 - 25.02.1940 First Sailing - active patrol U-63 left Helgoland under the command of Günther Lorentz on 17th Feb 1940. The boat was lost on 25th Feb 1940. Günther Lorentz hit one ship on this patrol. On 24th Feb 1940 he sank the Swedish 3,840 ton Santos.

Notes for U-63

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SANTOS

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