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U-162
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
Builder | Seebeckwerft AG |
Yard Number | 701 |
Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 |
Laid Down | 19 Apr 1940 |
Launched | 1 Mar 1941 |
Commissioned | 9 Sep 1941 |
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26 Aug 1942 | German submarine U-162 sank Norwegian tanker Thelma 60 miles east of Barbados at 0423 hours; 2 were killed, 31 survived. |
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