The submarine was laid down on 23 January 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 683 , launched on 23 October 1943 .
The submarine was commissioned on 20 November under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Lindschau .
The submarine was laid down on 23 January 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 683 , launched on 23 October 1943 and commissioned on 20 November under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Lindschau .