Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 4 Nov 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 27 Nov 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1038) | ||||||||
| Launched | 30 Jul 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Nov 1942 | Oblt. Werner Happe | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk on 6 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 53.06N, 45.02W by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Loosestrife. 55 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, October 1991). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 5 May, 1943 south of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 54.56N, 43.44W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Pink. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against U-358 inflicting no damage.
Wolfpack operations
U-192 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Meise (25 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
Star (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-192 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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