| German submarine U-842 | |
|---|---|
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | U-842 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1048 |
| Laid down: | 6 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 14 November 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March 1943 |
| Fate: | sunk off Newfoundland 6 November 1943 at 43°42′N 42°8′W / 43.7°N 42.133°WCoordinates: 43°42′N 42°8′W / 43.7°N 42.133°W |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: |
1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced 1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: |
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 kn (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 63 nmi (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Wolfgang Heller |
| Operations: | 1 patrol |
German submarine U-842 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
U-842 was ordered in January 1941 from DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen under the yard number 1048. Her keel was laid down on 6 April 1942 and the U-boat was launched on 14 November the same year. She was commissioned into service under the command of Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Heller (Crew 30) in 4th U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1943.
Transferred to the 2nd U-boat Flotilla, U-842 left Kiel on 14 September 1943 for Bergen where she arrived three days later. On 5 October 1943. U-842 set out for operations in the North Atlantic, where she joined operations against convoy ONS-20. The U-boat escaped an attack by one of the escorts, HMS Bazely (K311) on 17 October unscathed, joining group Siegfried operating against convoy HX 262 on 23 October, and group Siegfried 3 on 26 October. In the final days of October, she was part of group Jahn off Newfoundland. In early November U-842 was among the U-boats of group Tirpitz attacking convoy HX 264, when she was spotted and attacked by an aircraft in the early afternoon of 6 November 1943. Escort Group 2, consisting of HMS Wild Goose, Magpie, and Starling, attacked the U-boat two hours later, and after more than one hour, U-842 was sunk by depth-charges from Wild Goose, there were no survivors.[2]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 105-7.
- ↑ Busch, Röll 1999, pp. 167.
- Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999) (in German). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985) (in German). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
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