U-742

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down12 May 1942 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1545)
Launched4 Feb 1943
Commissioned1 May 1943Kptlt. Heinz Schwassmann
Commanders
1 May 1943 - 18 Jul 1944  Kptlt. Heinz Schwassmann
Career
2 patrols
1 May 1943-31 Mar 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1944-31 May 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jun 1944-18 Jul 1944  13. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 18 July 1944 in the Arctic west of Narvik, Norway, in position 68.24N, 09.51E, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (RAF Sqdn. 210/Z, pilot R. W. G. Vaughan). 52 dead (all hands lost).

View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-742 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-742 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.