Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 21 Nov 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 Oct 1941 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1523) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Oct 1942 | Oblt. Claus-Peter Carlsen | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 31 Oct, 1943, in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier, in position 35.54N, 05.52W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Imperialist and the British destroyer HMS Douglas. 31 dead and 18 survivors. | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-732 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Meise (11 Apr 1943 - 21 Apr 1943)
Specht (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
22 Apr 1943
The boat was depth charged by escorts from convoy ON(S) 4 causing damage to its periscope and forcing it to abort to France. Date is approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 291)
12 Jul 1943
Two American OS2U Kingfisher scouting aircraft attacked the boat causing slight damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 364)
28 Jul 1943
Off the eastern tip of Cuba, Cape Maisi the boat lined up to attack a small naval convoy (3 repair ships and 3 destroyers). The destroyers managed to keep the boat down and depth charged her but the boat escaped. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 364)
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
26 Sep 1990. The former commander of U-732 Oblt. Claus-Peter Carlsen paid his last respects to the dead crew members of his boat onboard of HMS Hart near the sinking position (Straits of Gibraltar). He put a bouquet of flowers in the water with the words: "In memoriam of U-732 and her dead members of the crew. The commander and his crew members, who survived." After return to Gibraltar the commander of the British Naval Base HMS Rooke said to Kptlt. Carlsen: "It was the least I could do for you!"
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-732 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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