U-532

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down7 Jan 1942 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 347)
Launched26 Aug 1942
Commissioned11 Nov 1942Kptlt. Ottoheinrich Junker
Commanders
11 Nov 1942 - 10 May 1945  FrgKpt. Ottoheinrich Junker
Career
4 patrols
11 Nov 1942-31 Mar 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1943-30 Sep 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944-8 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes8 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)
Sunk on 9 Dec, 1945 in position 56.08N, 10.07W by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Tantivy.

See the 10 ships hit by U-532 - View the 4 war patrols

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.



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.