German submarine U-162 (1941)
U-505, a typical Type IXC boat | |
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-162 |
| Ordered | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
| Yard number | 701 |
| Laid down | 19 April 1940 |
| Launched | 1 March 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 September 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk on 3 September 1942 in the mid-Atlantic north-east of Trinidad, by depth charges from British warships; two dead and 49 survivors. |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type IXC submarine |
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| Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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| Identification codes: | M 01 524 |
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14 merchant ships sunk (82,027 GRT) |
German submarine U-162 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was ordered on 25 September 1939 and was laid down on 19 April 1940 at Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, at Seebeck Yard in Bremerhaven, Germany, as yard number 701. She was launched on 1 March 1941 and commissioned under the command of Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Wattenberg on 9 September of that year.
During three war patrols, U-162 sank 14 vessels. However, on 3 September 1942, three British destroyers hunted U-162 down and sank her. Of a crew of fifty-one, only two died. The remainder were taken prisoner and sent to camps in the United States, where they were to remain for the rest of the war.