U-842

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 6 Apr 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1048)
Launched14 Nov 1942
Commissioned1 Mar 1943Kptlt. Wolfgang Heller
Commanders
1 Mar 1943 - 6 Nov 1943  KrvKpt. Wolfgang Heller
Career1 patrol 1 Mar 1943 - 31 Jul 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1943 - 6 Nov 1943  2. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk at 1400hrs on 6 Nov, 1943 in the western North Atlantic, in position 43.42N, 42.08W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling and HMS Wild Goose. 56 dead (all hands lost).

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Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-842 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.