List of all U-boats

U-862

Type

IXD2

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down15 Aug 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1068)
Launched8 Jun 1943
Commissioned7 Oct 1943Kptlt. Heinrich Timm (Knights Cross)
Commanders
7 Oct 1943 - 8 May 1945  KrvKpt. Heinrich Timm (Knights Cross)
Career
2 patrols
7 Oct 1943-30 Apr 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 May 1944-30 Sep 1944  12. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944-6 May 1945  33. Flottille (active service)
Successes7 ships sunk, total tonnage 42,374 GRT
Fate

Taken over by Japan at Singapore on 5 May 1945, and became the Japanese submarine I 502, 15 July 1945.

See the 7 ships hit by U-862 - View the 2 war patrols

The Japanese submarine I 502 surrendered at Singapore in August 1945. On 15 February 1946, towed into the Straits of Malacca, off Singapore, by HM Tug Growler and scuttled there by the frigate HMS Loch Lomand.

Attacks on this boat

20 Aug 1944

A British Catalina (Sqdn 265/H) attacked the boat. The boat shot down the aircraft and escaped despite a massive search for it.

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-862 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


Media links


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II

Blair, Clay


U-Boat Far from Home

Stevens, David