U-502
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 2 Apr 1940 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 292) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Feb 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 31 May 1941 | Kptlt. Jürgen von Rosenstiel | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 14 ships sunk for a total of 78,843 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 23,797 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 6 July, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, in position 46.10N, 06.40W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 172/H). 52 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-502 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Reissewolf (21 Oct 1941 - 30 Oct 1941)
General notes on this boat
5 Jul 1942. This boat was the first U-boat sunk by a Wellington aircraft and also the first one to fall victim to the Leigh Light equipment.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-502 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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