U-282
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 2 Jun 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 47) | ||
| Launched | 3 Feb 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 13 Mar 1943 | Oblt. Rudolf Müller | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 13 Mar 1943 - 30 Sep 1943 8. Flottille (training) 1 Oct 1943 - 29 Oct 1943 9. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 29 Oct, 1943 south-east of Greenland, in position 55.28N, 31.57W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vidette and HMS Duncan and the British corvette HMS Sunflower. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-282 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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