List of all U-boats
U-732
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 21 Nov 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 Oct 1941 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1523) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Aug 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 Oct 1942 | Oblt. Claus-Peter Carlsen | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 31 Oct, 1943, in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier, in position 35.54N, 05.52W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Imperialist and the British destroyer HMS Douglas. 31 dead and 18 survivors. | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-732 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Meise (11 Apr 1943 - 21 Apr 1943)
Specht (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
22 Apr 1943
The boat was depth charged by escorts from convoy ONS-4 east of Cape Farewell, Greenland. Damage to the periscope forced the boat to return to base at Brest. Date is approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 291)
12 Jul 1943
Two American OS2U Kingfisher reconnaissance aircraft attacked the boat in the Gulf of Gonave, Haiti, causing minor damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 364)
28 Jul 1943
The boat lined up an attack on a small naval convoy (3 repair ships and 3 destroyers) off Cape Maisi, the eastern tip of Cuba, but the destroyers located her and dropped depth charges. The boat escaped unharmed. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 364)
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-732 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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