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Property	Value
rdf:type	Ship Career Ship Characteristics
rdfs:label	German submarine U-163 (1941)
rdfs:comment	German submarine U-163 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. The keel for this boat was laid down on 8 May 1940 at the Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen yard as 'werk' 700. She was launched on 1 May 1941 and commissioned on 21 November under the command of Korvettenkapitän Kurt-Eduard Engelmann. She was sunk by a Canadian corvette in March 1943.
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Ship type	Submarine German Type IX submarine
embed	yes
Partof	2 4 Kriegsmarine
Ship range	at submerged at surfaced
Ship displacement	submerged surfaced
is ship	yes
Ship laid down	1940-05-08
Ship commissioned	1941-10-21
Ship armament	1 6 22
Ship ordered	1939-12-25
Commanders	Krvkpt. Kurt-Eduard Englemann
Ship fate	--03-13
Ship builder	Deutsche Schiff und maschinenbau AG, Bremen
Ship complement	48
Ship yard number	702
Ship propulsion	2
is multi	yes
operations	Three patrols
Ship launched	1941-05-01
Ship beam	pressure hull overall
Ship Name	U-163
Ship speed	submerged surfaced
Victories	Three ships sunk for a total of one warship a total loss,
Ship length	pressure hull overall
abstract	German submarine U-163 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. The keel for this boat was laid down on 8 May 1940 at the Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen yard as 'werk' 700. She was launched on 1 May 1941 and commissioned on 21 November under the command of Korvettenkapitän Kurt-Eduard Engelmann. The U-boat's service began with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 August 1942 for operations. She sank three ships, totalling 15,011 tons and one warship was declared a total loss (1,130 tons). She was sunk by a Canadian corvette in March 1943.