U-92
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Nov 1940 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 296) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 10 Jan 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Mar 1942 | Oblt. Adolf Oelrich | ||||||||||||
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| Career 9 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 17,612 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 9,348 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1,625 tons | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Damaged on 4 Oct, 1944 in Bergen (Norway) by bombs from RAF aircraft. On 12 Oct out of duty. Scrapped in 1944/45. | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-92 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Vorwärts (25 Aug 1942 - 17 Sep 1942)
Natter (2 Nov 1942 - 8 Nov 1942)
Westwall (8 Nov 1942 - 16 Dec 1942)
Ritter (11 Feb 1943 - 18 Feb 1943)
Knappen (19 Feb 1943 - 25 Feb 1943)
Specht (19 Apr 1943 - 2 May 1943)
Inn (11 May 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Naab (12 May 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Donau 1 (15 May 1943 - 17 May 1943)
Donau 2 (17 May 1943 - 26 May 1943)
Trutz (1 Jun 1943 - 6 Jun 1943)
Coronel (4 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Coronel 1 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
Coronel 2 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Föhr (18 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943)
Rügen 5 (23 Dec 1943 - 2 Jan 1944)
Rügen 4 (2 Jan 1944 - 5 Jan 1944)
Rügen 5 (5 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 8 Jan 1944)
Preussen (16 Mar 1944 - 22 Mar 1944)
Attacks on this boat
14 Apr 1943
At 14.13 hours, the outbound boat was attacked by a British Whitley aircraft (RAF Sqdn 10 OTU / Z) with 4 bombs in the Bay of Biscay. The boat suffered only minor damages. (Sources: Ritschel)
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 the boat
29 Nov 1943
A man fell overboard from the boat on this day.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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There was another U-92 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 12 May 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 22 Oct 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 92 during WWI.