U-182

Type

IXD2

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down7 Apr 1941 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1022)
Launched3 Mar 1942
Commissioned30 Jun 1942Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)
Commanders
30 Jun 1942 - 16 May 1943  Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)
Career
1 patrol
30 Jun 1942-30 Nov 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1942-16 May 1943  12. Flottille (front boat)
Successes5 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).

See the 5 ships hit by U-182 - View the 1 war patrol

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.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
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.