U-762

Type

VIIC

Ordered

9 Oct 1939

Laid down

2 Jan 1941

Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), Wilhelmshaven (werk 145)

Launched

21 Nov 1942

Commissioned

30 Jan 1943

Oblt. Wolfgang Hille

Commanders

30 Jan 1943	-	14 Dec 1943		Kptlt. Wolfgang Hille
15 Dec 1943	-	8 Feb 1944		Oblt. Walter Pietschmann

Career
2 patrols

30 Jan 1943	-	31 Jul 1943	8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1943	-	8 Feb 1944	9. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Left Brest on 28 Dec, 1943.
Sunk 8 Feb, 1944 in the North Atlantic, in position 49.02N, 16.58W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wild Goose. 51 dead (all hands lost).

View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-762 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Rossbach (6 Oct 1943 - 9 Oct 1943)
   Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
   Rügen 1 (6 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
   Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
   Stürmer (26 Jan 1944 - 3 Feb 1944)

Attacks on this boat

8 Oct 1943
A British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 120, pilot Bryan W. Turnbull) attacked the boat and drove her under. A destroyer joined the attack but the boat escaped although 2 men were wounded and a diesel engine was damaged. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 430)

1 recorded attack 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-762 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay