U-162
Type | IXC | |||
| Ordered | 25 Sep, 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 19 Apr, 1940 | Seebeck, Bremen (werk 701) | ||
| Launched | 1 Mar, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 9 Sep, 1941 | Fregkpt. Jürgen Wattenberg | ||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 9 Sep, 1941 - 31 Jan, 1942 4. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1942 - 3 Sep, 1942 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 14 ships sunk for a total of 82.027 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 3 Sept, 1942 in the mid-Atlantic north-east of Trinidad, in position 12.21N, 59.29W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin. 2 dead and 49 survivors. | |||
See the 14 ships hit by U-162 - View the 3 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-162 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Adventures, Wiggins, Melanie, 1999 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |
There was another U-162 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Apr, 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 31 Jul, 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 162 during WWI.