Unterseeboot 192
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| U-192 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | IXC/40
|
||
| Launch Date | July 31, 1942 | ||
| Commission Date | December 10, 1942 | ||
| Construction yard | AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Patrols | |||
| Start Date | End Date | Assigned Unit | |
| April 13, 1943 | May, 1943 | 10th Flotilla | |
| Commanders | |||
| June, 1943 | May, 1943 | Kptlt. Werner Happe | |
| Successes | |||
| Type of Ship Sunk | Number of Ships Sunk | Gross Registered Tonnage | |
| Commercial Vessels | None | 0 | |
| Military Vessels | None | 0 | |
Unterseeboot 192 (usually abbreviated to U-192) was a very short-lived German submarine built during World War II for service in the Second Battle of the Atlantic. During her maiden voyage in May 1943 she disappeared without a trace, along with her 55 crew. She was built in Bremen during 1942, and was ready to sail in April 1943, following working-up trials of four months in the Baltic Sea. Under the command of Werner Happe, U192 was a IXC/40 type U-boat, with extensive range and a large number of torpedoes.
[edit] War Patrol
Nothing is known of U-192's only war patrol following her departure from Kiel. She radioed in basic progress reports for the first three fruitless weeks of operation, but nothing came after the start of May, and by June she was given up for lost, as there had been no contact or sightings for a month. Post-war, allied investigators reported that she may have been lost in an attack on Convoy SC-128, as HMS Loosestrife reported attacking a submarine on the 6 May close to where U-192 was supposed to be. However, the results of the attack were not conclusive as the submarine was not confirmed sunk or identified, and the true fate of U-192 will probably never be known, lost somewhere deep in the Atlantic Ocean. [1]
[edit] References
- Sharpe, Peter, U-Boat Fact File, Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 185780072.
- U-boat.net webpage for U-193
- ^ Previous analysis of the loss of this boat claimed that she was sunk by HMS Pink south of Greenland. This theory was proved incorrect by a 1991 study which concluded this was an unsuccessful attack on an entirely separate submarine.
See Also: List of U-boats
