Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Dec 1941 | Nordseewerke, Emden (werk 214) | ||||||||
| Launched | 10 Nov 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Jan 1943 | Ltnt. Albert Hossenfelder | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 17 April, 1944 south-west of Iceland, in position 60.32N, 29.20W, by depth charges from a Canadian Catalina aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 162/S). 51 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-342 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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