U BOATS IN ACTION SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 154 U 199

19)U 182

Ordered 15 Aug 1940

Laid down 7 Apr 1941 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1022)

Launched 3 Mar 1942 

Commissioned 30 Jun 42  Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)

Commanders

30 Jun 1942 - 16 May 1943  Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen (Knights Cross)

Career

1 patrol       

30 Jun 1942 - 30 Nov 1942 4. Flotille (training)

1 Dec 1942 - 16 May 1943 12. Flotille (active service)

Successes  U-182 had 5 ships sunk for a total of 30,071 GRT

Fate: Sunk 16 May, 1943 north-west of Madeira Islands, in position 33º55"N 20º35"W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS MacKenzie.

61 dead (all hands lost).

By www.uboat.net

In the south Atlantic U-182 sank 3 ships with 20,250 DWT

ADELFOTIS - OCEAN COURAGE - LLANASHE

ADELFOTIS (Seen as former CAPE ST. COLUMBA)

OCEAN COURAGE  (Sister ship OCEAN VANGUARD)

 LLANASHE

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