List of all U-boats
U-842
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 Apr 1942 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1048) | ||||||||
| Launched | 14 Nov 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 1 Mar 1943 | Kptlt. Wolfgang Heller | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk at 1400hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Newfoundland, 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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Wolfpack operations
U-842 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 22 Oct 1943)
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 3 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Jahn (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Tirpitz 5 (2 Nov 1943 - 6 Nov 1943)
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.
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