U-162

Type

IXC

 
Ordered25 Sep 1939
Laid down 19 Apr 1940 Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen (werk 701)
Launched1 Mar 1941
Commissioned9 Sep 1941Fregkpt. Jürgen Wattenberg
Commanders
9 Sep 1941 - 3 Sep 1942  Kptlt. Jürgen Wattenberg
Career3 patrols 9 Sep 1941 - 31 Jan 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1942 - 3 Sep 1942  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes14 ships sunk for a total of 82,027 GRT
Fate

Sunk 3 Sept, 1942 in the mid-Atlantic north-east of Trinidad, in position 12.21N, 59.29W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin. 2 dead and 49 survivors.

See the 14 ships hit by U-162 - View the 3 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-162 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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 Adventures. Wiggins, Melanie, 1999.
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.


There was another U-162 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Apr 1918 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 31 Jul 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 162 during WWI.