German submarine U-192

U-Boat Infobox
type=IXC/40
fieldpost number=
yard number=
order date=
keel=November 27, 1941
launch=July 31, 1942
commission=December 10, 1942
yard=AG Weser, Bremen
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=Start Date
enddate=End Date
assigned unit=Assigned Unit
U-Boat Patrol
startdate=April 13, 1943
enddate=May, 1943
assigned unit=10th FlotillaU_Boat Command
startdate=June, 1943
enddate=May, 1943
name=Kptlt. Werner Happe
U_Boat Sink
type=Type of Ship Sunk
total=Number of Ships Sunk
tonnage=Gross Registered Tonnage
U_Boat Sink
type=Commercial Vessels
total=None
tonnage=0
U_Boat Sink
type=Military Vessels
total=None
tonnage=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.

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. [ 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. ]

References

* Sharpe, Peter, "U-Boat Fact File", Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u192.htm U-boat.net webpage for "U-193"]

See Also: List of U-boats