U-982

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 24 Aug 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 182)
Launched29 Apr 1943
Commissioned10 Jun 1943Oblt. Edmund Grochowiak
Commanders
10 Jun 1943 - 11 Apr 1944   Edmund Grochowiak
12 Apr 1944 - 15 Jul 1944  Oblt. Ernst-Werner Schwirley
16 Jul 1944 - 9 Apr 1945  Oblt. Curt Hartmann
Career1 patrol 10 Jun 1943 - 31 Jan 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1944 - 1 Jul 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul 1944 - 28 Feb 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945 - 9 Apr 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Destroyed on 9 April, 1945 in Hamburg by bombs from RAF-Bomber Command aircraft.

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Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-982 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.