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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-382Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 46 120
Construction YardHowaldtswerke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number13
Ordered16th Oct 1939
Keel laid30th Jul 1941
Launched21st Mar 1942
Commissioned25th Apr 1942
BaubelehrungKriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.42 - 09.425.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.42 - 10.447.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
11.44 - 03.4533.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot ohne Einsatz (temp. non operational)
Commanders
04.42 - 05.43OL Herbert Juli
05.43 - 11.43OL Leopold Koch
see also: U-258 
11.43 - 07.44OL Rudolf Zorn
see also: U-29 U-416 U-650 
05.44 - 07.44OL Ernst-August Gerke
see also: U-377 U-673 U-3035 
09.44 - 01.45OL Hans-Dietrich Wilke
see also: U-766 U-2553 
01.45 - 03.45OL Günther Schimmel
see also: U-137 U-30 

Operations information for U-382
10.09.1942 - 31.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-382 left Kiel under the command of Herbert Juli on 10th Sep 1942 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 31st Oct 1942 after over seven weeks.
07.02.1943 - 08.03.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 7th Feb 1943, U-382 left St. Nazaire under the command of Herbert Juli and after just over four weeks arrived at Lorient on 8th Mar 1943.
Herbert Juli hit one ship on this patrol from convoy UC-1.
  • On 23rd Feb 1943 he damaged the British 9,811 ton Empire Norseman, sailing with convoy UC-1.
08.04.1943 - 24.04.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-382 departed under Leopold Koch from Lorient on 8th Apr 1943 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 24th Apr 1943 after over two weeks.
19.06.1943 - 07.09.1943
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-382 left St. Nazaire under the command of Leopold Koch on 19th Jun 1943 and returned eleven and a half weeks later to St. Nazaire on 7th Sep 1943.
08.12.1943 - 26.01.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 8th Dec 1943, U-382 left St. Nazaire under the command of Rudolf Zorn and arrived back at St. Nazaire seven weeks later on 26th Jan 1944.
06.06.1944 - 15.06.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-382 departed under Ernst-August Gerke from St. Nazaire on 6th Jun 1944 and after just over one week arrived at La Pallice on 15th Jun 1944.
10.09.1944 - 19.10.1944
Seventh Sailing
U-382 left La Pallice under the command of Hans-Dietrich Wilke on 10th Sep 1944 and arrived at Bergen on 19th Oct 1944 after five and a half weeks.
22.10.1944 - 05.11.1944
Eighth Sailing
On the 22nd Oct 1944, U-382 left Bergen under the command of Hans-Dietrich Wilke and after two weeks arrived at Flensburg on 5th Nov 1944.

Notes for U-382


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