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| U-442 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 41 243 |
| Construction Yard | F.Schichau GmbH, Danzig |
| Yard Number | 1493 |
| Ordered | 5th Jan 1940 |
| Keel laid | 19th Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 17th Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21st Mar 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | 7.KLA, Danzig-Neufahrwasser | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.42 - 09.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 10.42 - 02.43 | 7.U-Flottille, St.Nazaire
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 21.03.42 - 12.02.43 | KK Hans-Joachim Hesse
see also: U-654 |
| Operations information for U-442 | 17.09.1942 - 16.11.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-442 left Kiel under the command of Hans-Joachim Hesse on 17th Sep 1942 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 16th Nov 1942 after eight and a half weeks.
Hans-Joachim Hesse hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy SC-107 and one was from convoy UR-42.
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On 25th Sep 1942 he sank the British 1,744 ton Empire Bell, sailing with convoy UR-42.
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On 4th Nov 1942 he sank the British 6,690 ton Hatimura, a member of convoy SC-107.
| 20.12.1942 - 12.02.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 20th Dec 1942, U-442 left St. Nazaire under the command of Hans-Joachim Hesse. On the 12th Feb 1943, U-442 was sunk.
On 12th Feb 1943 in square CG 49, U-442 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 48 Squadron. U-442 was destroyed in the attack.
Hans-Joachim Hesse hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy TM-1 and one was from convoy UGS-4.
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On 9th Jan 1943 he sank the British 9,807 ton Empire Lytton, part of convoy TM-1.
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On 27th Jan 1943 he sank the American 7,176 ton Julia Ward Howe, from convoy UGS-4.
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