May 6th, 1943 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Escort carrier HMS Patroller launched.
Corvette HMS Dumbarton Castle laid down.
GERMANY:
NORTH AFRICA: The British V Corps destroys the 15th Panzer Division with heavy artillery and air bombardment as they move towards Tunis.PALESTINE: Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem, protests to Bulgaria for allowing Jewish children to sail to Palestine; he says they should be deported to Poland.
U.S.A.: Submarine USS Batfish launched.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-630 sunk in the North Atlantic NE of Newfoundland, in position 52.31N, 44.50W, by depth charges from destroyer HMS Vidette. 47 dead (all hands lost).
U-438 sunk in the North Atlantic NE of Newfoundland, in approximate position 52.00N, 45.10W, by depth charges from sloop HMS Pelican. 48 dead (all hands lost).
U-192 sunk in the North Atlantic SE of Cape Farewell in position 53.06N, 45.02W by depth charges from corvette HMS Loosestrife. 55 dead (all hands lost).
U-125 rammed and sunk east of Newfoundland, in position 52.30N, 45.20W, by destroyer HMS Oribi and gunfire by corvette HMS Snowflake. 54 dead (all hands lost).