List of all U-boats
U-762
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||
Laid down | 2 Jan 1941 | Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), Wilhelmshaven (werk 145) | ||||||||||
Launched | 21 Nov 1942 | |||||||||||
Commissioned | 30 Jan 1943 | Oblt. Wolfgang Hille | ||||||||||
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Career 2 patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 8 February 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49.02N, 16.58W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wild Goose. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-762 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Rossbach (6 Oct 1943 - 9 Oct 1943)
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Rügen 1 (6 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
Stürmer (26 Jan 1944 - 3 Feb 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
8 Oct 1943
A British B-24 Liberator (Sqdn 120, pilot Bryan W. Turnbull) attacked the boat and drove her under. A destroyer joined the attack but the boat escaped, although two men were wounded and one of the diesel engines was damaged. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 430)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
8 Oct 1943
A British B-24 Liberator (Sqdn 120, pilot Bryan W. Turnbull) attacked the boat and drove her under. A destroyer joined the attack but the boat escaped, although two men were wounded and one of the diesel engines was damaged.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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