U-532
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Jan 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 347) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 26 Aug 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 11 Nov 1942 | Kptlt. Ottoheinrich Junker | ||||||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 8 ships sunk for a total of 46,895 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 13,128 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Surrendered at Liverpool on 10 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan for Operation Deadlight. Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info) | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-532 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Lerche (10 Apr 1943 - 16 Apr 1943)
Meise (16 Apr 1943 - 21 Apr 1943)
Star (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
28 Apr 1943
While attacking convoy ON(S) 5 the boat was damaged by its escorts during an exhaustive 15 hour hunt. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 293)
17 May 1944
In the Indian Ocean (Malacca Straits) U-532 encountered a British submarine. The submarine fired a six torpedo fan on U-532, but all missed.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-532 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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