List of all U-boats

U-562

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered16 Oct 1939
Laid down7 Feb 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 538)
Launched24 Jan 1941
Commissioned20 Mar 1941Oblt. Herwig Collmann
Commanders
20 Mar 1941 - 3 Sep 1941  Oblt. Herwig Collmann
4 Sep 1941 - 19 Feb 1943  Kptlt. Horst Hamm
Career
10 patrols
20 Mar 1941-1 Jun 1941  1. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1941-31 Dec 1941  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1942-19 Feb 1943  29. Flottille (front boat)
Successes6 ships sunk, total tonnage 37,287 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,359 GRT
Fate

Sunk 19 Feb, 1943 in the Mediterranean north-east of Bengazi, in position 32.57N, 20.54E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Isis, the British escort destroyer HMS Hursley and a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 38/S). 49 dead (all hands lost).

See the 7 ships hit by U-562 - View the 10 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-562 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Bosemüller (28 Aug 1941 - 2 Sep 1941)
   Brandenburg (15 Sep 1941 - 2 Oct 1941)

Men lost from the boat

6 Dec 1941
4 men from the boat were injured in an accident while reloading torpedoes.

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.