List of all U-boats
U-562
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 16 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Feb 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 538) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 24 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 20 Mar 1941 | Oblt. Herwig Collmann | ||||||||||||
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| Career 10 patrols |
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| Successes | 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 37,287 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,359 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 19 February 1943 in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Bengazi, in position 32.57N, 20.54E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Isis and the British escort destroyer HMS Hursley, after being located by a British Wellington aircraft (38 Sqn RAF/S). 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-562 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Bosemüller (28 Aug 1941 - 2 Sep 1941)
Brandenburg (15 Sep 1941 - 2 Oct 1941)
Men lost from the boat
6 Dec 1941
4 men from the boat were injured in an accident while reloading torpedoes.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Coat of Arms of Neuss |
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