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Type	VIIC
Ordered	25 Jan, 1939
Laid down	25 Nov, 1940	Flender-Werke, Lübeck (werk 296)
Launched	10 Jan, 1942
Commissioned	3 Mar, 1942	Oblt. Adolf Oelrich
Commanders	3 Mar, 1942 - Aug, 1943   Kptlt. Adolf Oelrich Aug, 1943 - 27 Jun, 1944   Kptlt. Horst-Thilo Queck 28 Jun, 1944 - 12 Oct, 1944   Wilhelm Brauel
Career	9 patrols	3 Mar, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1942  5. Flottille (training) 1 Sep, 1942 - 12 Oct, 1944  9. Flottille (front boat)
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.

See the 4 ships hit by U-92 - View the 9 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-92 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Vorwärts (27 Aug, 1942 - 23 Sep, 1942)
   Natter (1 Nov, 1942 - 8 Nov, 1942)
   Westwall (25 Nov, 1942 - 25 Dec, 1942)
   Knappen (18 Feb, 1943 - 26 Feb, 1943)
   Specht (27 Apr, 1943 - 4 May, 1943)
   Trutz (1 Jun, 1943 - 16 Jun, 1943)

Attacks 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.

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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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 ... see more Naval books

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.