U-562
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 16 Oct, 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 7 Feb, 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 538) | ||||
| Launched | 24 Jan, 1941 | |||||
| Commissioned | 20 Mar, 1941 | Oblt. Herwig Collmann | ||||
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| Career | 9 patrols | 20 Mar, 1941 - 1 Jun, 1941 1. Flottille (training) 1 Jun, 1941 - 31 Dec, 1941 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1942 - 19 Feb, 1943 29. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 6 ships sunk for a total of 37.287 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 3.359 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 19 Feb, 1943 in the Mediterranean north-east of Bengazi, in position 32.57N, 20.54E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Isis, the British escort destroyer HMS Hursley and a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 38/S). 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 7 ships hit by U-562 - View the 9 war patrols
Men lost from the boat
6 Dec, 1941
4 men from the boat were injured in an accident while reloading torpedoes.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 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 |