List of all U-boats
U-182
Type | IXD2 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 7 Apr 1941 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1022) | ||||||||
| Launched | 3 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Jun 1942 | Kptlt. Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 30,071 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk 16 May 1943 north-west of Madeira Islands, in position 33.55N, 20.35W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS MacKenzie. 61 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
15 May 1943
On 15 May 1943 a B-24 Liberator (2nd Sqn/2037th ASW USAAF/O, pilot 1Lt Earle A. Powers) sighted and attacked a U-boat west of the Madeira Islands. The aircraft dropped four 650lb depth charges that straddled the submerging U-boat just forward of the swirl and observed a large oil slick on the water after the attack. The U-boat must have been U-182, which was probably damaged in the air attack but was unable to report it as she was sunk in another attack the next day. (Sources: kpp/Niestle/Schoenfeld)
1 recorded attack 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-182 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Westward-ho! |
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