U-762

Type

VIIC

Ordered

9 Oct 1939

Laid down

2 Jan 1941

Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW), 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 (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sunk on 8 February 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49.02N, 16.58W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Woodpecker and HMS Wild Goose. 51 dead (all hands lost).

Loss position

View the 2 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-762 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Rossbach (6 Oct 1943 - 9 Oct 1943)
   Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
   Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
   Rügen 1 (6 Jan 1944 - 7 Jan 1944)
   Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
   Stürmer (26 Jan 1944 - 3 Feb 1944)

Attacks on this boat and other events

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

1 recorded attack on this boat.