U-182
Type | IXD2 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Apr 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1022) | ||||||||
| Launched | 3 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Jun 1942 | Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 30,071 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 16 May, 1943 north-west of Madeira Islands, in position 33.55N, 20.35W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS MacKenzie. 61 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-182 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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