Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 11) | ||||||||
| Launched | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 May 1941 | Oblt. Ernst Vogelsang | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 8 ships sunk, total tonnage 32,964 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 2,216 tons 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,690 GRT 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 4,367 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | It is now believed that the boat fell prey to its last victim on 4 Nov, 1942. The ammunition ship Hatimura, from convoy SC-107, exploded in a huge explosion and U-132 was probably within the lethal radius and was sunk. 47 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, January 1985). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 5 Nov, 1942 in Northern Atlantic south-east Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58.08N, 33.13W by British aircraft (120 Sqdn.). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was against U-89 inflicting severe damage.
Wolfpack operations
U-132 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Endrass (12 Jun 1942 - 17 Jun 1942)
Panther (13 Oct 1942 - 19 Oct 1942)
Veilchen (20 Oct 1942 - 3 Nov 1942)
Attacks on this boat
6 Jul 1942
At 06.50 hours, the boat was forced to dive by HMCS Drummondville shortly after torpedoing the Dinaric from convoy QS-15 in the St. Lawrence River. U-132 had some troubles to submerge due to the water layers in the river and was damaged by the depth charges dropped by the minesweeper after a ramming attempt, but managed to escape after 11 hours with damage to the pumping and flooding systems and loosing 4 m³ of fuel due to a leak in one of the ballast tanks. (Sources: Hadley)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-132 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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