German submarine U-382

History
Name	U-382
Ordered	16 October 1939
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Yard number	13
Laid down	30 July 1941
Launched	21 March 1942
Commissioned	25 April 1942
Fate	Sunk in Wilhelmshaven by British bombs, January 1945; raised in March; scuttled in May
General characteristics
Type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced; 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a; 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a; 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490; 2 × GL RP 137/c electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296.
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced; 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	list error: <br /> list (help); 230 m (750 ft); Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	44–52 officers and ratings
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern); 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines; 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds); Various AA guns
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); 5th U-boat Flotilla; (25 April–30 September 1942); 7th U-boat Flotilla; (1 October 1942–31 October 1944); 33rd U-boat Flotilla; (1 November 1944–23 January 1945)
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kptlt. Herbert Juli; (25 April 1942–1 April 1943); Oblt.z.S. Leopold Koch; (1 April–14 November 1943); Rudolf Zorn; (15 November–16 July 1942); Oblt.z.S. Ernst-August Gerke; (May 1944–29 June 1944)Oblt.z.S. Hans-Dietrich Wilke; (25 August 1944–14 January 1945; Oblt.z.S. Günther Schimmel ; (24 January–20 March 1945)
Operations:	list error: <br /> list (help); 1st patrol:; 10 September–31 October 1942; 2nd patrol:; 7 February–8 March 1943; 3rd patrol:; 8–24 April 1943; 4th patrol:; 19 June–7 September 1943; 5th patrol:; 8 December 1943–26 January 1944; 6th patrol:; 6–15 June 1944; 7th patrol:; 10–19 September 1944
Victories:	One ship damaged; 9,811 GRT

German submarine U-382 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out seven patrols before being sunk by British bombs in Wilhelmshaven in January 1945.

She was a member of eight wolfpacks.

She damaged one ship.

Service history

The submarine was laid down on 30 July 1941 at the Howaldtswerke yard at Kiel as 'werk' 13, launched on 21 March 1942 and commissioned on 25 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Herbert Juli.

1st patrol

The boat's first patrol commenced with her departure from Kiel on 10 September 1942. Passing through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, she was depth charged by an unknown aircraft in mid-Atlantic on 12 October. The damage sustained was serious enough to cut the patrol short. The submarine docked in St. Nazaire in occupied France on the 31st.

2nd and 3rd patrols

Another depth charge attack by the escorts of Convoy UC 1 south of the Azores forced the boat to withdraw to Lorient on 8 March 1943.

During her third foray, she was depth charged for 16 hours by the escorts of Convoy HX 233 west of the Bay of Biscay before arriving at St. Nazaire on 24 April 1943.

4th, 5th and 6th patrols

This sortie (number four), took the boat to Liberia and the Ivory Coast on the west African coast and at 81 days, it was her longest.

During her fifth patrol, U-382 was attacked and severely damaged northeast of the Azores on 11 January 1944. Two days later, she was also attacked by destroyers of the USS Block Island hunter/killer group.

With the Allied landings at Normandy on 6 June 1944, the boat left St. Nazaire and docked further south at La Pallice on the 15th.

7th patrol

It was decided to move U-382 from France to Norway. She left La Pallice on 10 September 1944, negotiated the Iceland/Faroes 'gap' in the other direction and arrived in Bergen on 19 October.

Fate

Having sailed to Flensburg in November 1944, U-382 was sunk by the RAF in a raid on Wilhelmshaven in January 1945. She was raised on 20 March but scuttled on 8 May.

Summary of Raiding Career

Date	Ship Name	Nationality	Displacement	Fate^[4]
23 February 1943	Empire Norseman	United Kingdom	9,811	Damaged

References

Notes

^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 228
^ "The Type VIIC boat U-382 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-382 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u382.html

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Type VIID	U-213 U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218
Type VIIF	U-1059 U-1060 U-1061 U-1062
Preceded by: Type II Followed by: Type IX List of U-boats of Germany