U-282

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down2 Jun 1942 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 47)
Launched3 Feb 1943
Commissioned13 Mar 1943Oblt. Rudolf Müller
Commanders
13 Mar 1943 - 29 Oct 1943  Oblt. Rudolf Müller
Career
1 patrol
13 Mar 1943-30 Sep 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1943-29 Oct 1943  9. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 29 Oct, 1943 south-east of Greenland, in position 55.28N, 31.57W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vidette and HMS Duncan and the British corvette HMS Sunflower. 48 dead (all hands lost).

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-282 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.