List of all U-boats
U-242
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 30 Sep 1942 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 676) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 20 Jul 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 14 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Karl-Wilhelm Pancke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career 7 patrols |
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Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 2,095 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 500 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk at 0715hrs on 5 April 1945 in the St. George’s Channel, in position 52.02,9N, 05.46,8W, by a mine in the British barrage QZX. 44 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, January 1991). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss position |
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 30 April, 1945 in the Irish Sea west of Blackpool, in position 53.42N, 04.53W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Hesperus and HMS Havelock after being discovered by a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 201). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was in fact against the already sunken wreck of U-246 and it brought personal belongings of a crew member of U-246 to the surface.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in March 1945 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-242 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Coat of Arms of Husum |
Skull and Crossbones |
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