List of all U-boats
U-962
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Apr 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 162) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Dec 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 11 Feb 1943 | Oblt. Ernst Liesberg | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 8 April 1944 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 45.43N, 19.57W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Crane and HMS Cygnet. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-962 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Coronel (4 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Coronel 2 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
Coronel 3 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Borkum (18 Dec 1943 - 26 Dec 1943)
Preussen (22 Feb 1944 - 22 Mar 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-962 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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