U-762

Type

VIIC

Ordered

9 Oct, 1939

Laid down

2 Jan, 1941

Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven (werk 145)

Launched

21 Nov, 1942

Commissioned

30 Jan, 1943

Oblt. Wolfgang Hille

Commanders

30 Jan, 1943 - 14 Dec, 1943	Kptlt. Wolfgang Hille
15 Dec, 1943 - 8 Feb, 1944	Oblt. Walter Pietschmann

Career

2 patrols

30 Jan, 1943 - 31 Jul, 1943 8. Flottille (training)
1 Aug, 1943 - 8 Feb, 1944 9. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Left Brest on 28 Dec, 1943.
Sunk 8 Feb, 1944 in the North Atlantic, in position 49.02N, 16.58W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wild Goose. 51 dead (all hands lost).

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

8 Oct, 1943
A British B-24 Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 120, pilot Bryan W. Turnbull) attacked the boat and drove her under. A destroyer joined the attack but the boat escaped although 2 men were wounded and a diesel engine was damaged. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 430)

1 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-762 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.