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, total tonnage 17,612 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 9,348 GRT 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,625 tons | ||||||||||||||||
| Fate |
Decommissioned on 12 October 1944 at Bergen after being badly damaged by bombs during a British air raid (RAF Bomber Command) on 4 October 1944. The hulk was towed to Hoplafjord near Trondheim where it accidentally sank on 7 March 1945. Wreck captured by British forces and broken up. | ||||||||||||||||
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 and other events
14 Apr 1943
14.13 hrs, Bay of Biscay: a British Whitley bomber (RAF Sqdn 10 OTU/Z) dropped 4 bombs on the outbound U-92. The boat suffered only minor damage. (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 was lost overboard on this day. [ObGfr Friedrich Witzkonski]
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.
 A Shark biting a Torpedo |
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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 SM U 92 during WWI.
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