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| IJN Kriegsmarine Type IXD2 U-boat 1,616 Tons (surfaced) 1,804 (submerged) 287.4' x 24.6' x 17.7' 6 x 53.3cm torpedo tubes 4 bow, 2 stern with 24 torpedoes or 72 TMA mines 1 x 105/45mm deck gun 1 x 37mm gun 1 x 20mm gun  Royal Navy Sept 25, 1945 |
Sub History Built by AG Weser in Bremen, Germany. Ordered June 5, 1941. Laid down August 15 1942 as a Type IXD2 U-Boat werk number 1068. Launched June 8, 1943 as U-682. Commissioned October 7, 1943 in the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) under the command of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Timm. That same day, assigned to 4. Flottille for training mission in the Baltic Sea. On May 20, 1944 departs Kiel on and six days later arrives Bergen. On May 27, 1844 departs Bergen and three days later arrives Narvik. On May 1, 1944 assigned to the 12. Flottille. First War Patrol On June 3, 1944 departs Narvik on her first war patrol via southern Atlantic Ocean, around Africa and the Indian Ocean bound for the Far East. On July 25, 1944 torpedoed and sinks SS Robin Goodfellow in the south Atlantic Ocean at 20°03′S 14°21′W. On August 13, 1944 torpedoed and sinks SS Radbury in the Mozambique Channel at 24°20′S 41°45′E. On August 16, 1944 torpedoed and sinks Empire Lancer in the Mozambique Channel 15°00′S 44°00′E. On 18 August 1944 torpedoed and sinks SS Nairung in the Mozambique Channel 15°00′S 42°00′E. On August 20, 1944 shot down RAF Catalina H from No. 265 Squadron. On September 9, 1944 arrives Penang ending the patrol that lasted 99 days. In the Far East, patrols the Indian Ocean and uses Japanese bases in Malay and Netherlands East Indies (NEI) to refuel and resupply. On October 1, 1944 assigned to 33 Flottille (Monsun Gruppe). On November 5, 1944 departs Penang and two days later arrives Batavia (Jakarta) on Java. Second War Patrol On November 18, 1944 departs Batavia (Jakarta) on her second war patrol off Australia across the Great Australian Bight, around the southern coast of Tasmania and then north into the Tasman Sea. On December 25, 1944 spots SS Robert J. Walker and fires a spread of torpedoes. The first misses, the second is exploded by 20mm gunfire but the third hits causing damage and killing two aboard then sinks in the Tasman Sea, 36°35'S, 150°43' off Moruya, New South Wales. Afterwards, patrolled off New Zealand and entered the port of Napier at night undetected then departed bound for the Indian Ocean. On February 6, 1945 sank SS Peter Silvester. On February 6, 1945 fires two torpedoes that sink SS Peter Silvester hitting the starboard side at hold no. 3 causing flooding then broke into two with the forward section sinking immediately at roughly Lat 34°19′S Long 99°37′E about 900 miles west of Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia. On February 15, 1945 returns to Batavia (Jakarta) ending the patrol that lasts 90 days. On February 18, 1945 departs Batavia (Jakarta) bound for Singapore arriving two days later. On February 20, 1945 arrives at Seletar Naval Base at Singapore and begins an overhaul at the Japanese Navy No. 101 Navy Repair Unit. During March 1945 repairs are begun but face a series of delays. On April 25, 1945 tests of the main engine are completed. After months of repair, the submarine is scheduled resume duty by May 12, 1945. Afterwards, U-862 plans to load eight torpedoes, a cargo of rubber then operate off southeast Africa. The Japanese Navy request U-862 land agents off Madras (Chennai) in India but Germany declines. On May 5, 1945 the German Naval attaché sends the coded signal "Lübeck" to all U-boats in Asia to signify that Germany has ceased hostilities. At Singapore, Kapitän zur See Kurt Freiwald assembles the crews of U-862 and U-181 and informs them that Adolf Hitler is dead and Germany has emded hostilities. On May 6, 1945 Japanese Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome arrives at the No. 101 Navy Repair Unit to inform the crews of U-862 and U-181 that Germany has surrendered and they are being interned. At 4:00pm, the German flag is lowered and the Japanese flag raised with Japanese soldiers guard the submarines. That evening, the German officers are invited to a special European style meal to thank them for their wartime efforts. Afterwards, the German crew is interned at a rubber plantation at Batu Pahat (Bandar Penggaram) in Malaya until the end of the Pacific War. During captivity, sixty of the crew tasked with training the Japanese counterparts to operate the submarine. Afterwards, the submarine overhauled is completed by the Japanese Navy No. 101 Repair Unit at Seletar Naval Base. On July 15, 1945 commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as I-502 under the command of LtCdr Shuaki Yamanaka. Also U-181 is commissioned as I-501. Both submarines were assigned to the 13th Area Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome. On August 15, 1945 departs Singapore manned by the Japanese crew on her first trial run then returns to Seletar Naval Base. By the end of August 1945, a Japanese crew planned to complete their training then use the submarine for a supply run to the Andaman Islands then onward to Japan to have the torpedo tubes altered to use Japanese torpedoes. On August 16, 1945 surrendered with Heavy cruiser Myoko and I-501. Afterwards, under British supervision the German strip the submarine of all usable parts before sinking. On November 30, 1945 removed from the Japanese Navy. In accordance with the Tripartite Naval Commission, the submarine was considered a unallocated surrendered German submarine to be sunk no later than February 15, 1946 by the British. On February 13, 1946 officially turned over to the Royal Navy. On February 14, 1946 tugboats Growler and Assiduous tow I-502 and I-501 to the Straits of Malacca. Sinking History On February 15, 1946 scuttled by the British frigate HMS Loch Lomond using a 40 yard triangular pattern of three "squid" 390 pound projector charges at roughly Lat 03-05N Long 100-38E in the Strait of Malacca at a depth of 312' / 95m / 52 fathoms. References Uboat.net U-862 Uboat.net Patrols by U-862 Combined Fleet - IJN Submarine I-502: Tabular Record of Movement U-Boat Far From Home The Epic Voyage of the U-862 to Australia and New Zealand (1997) IWM "Mountbatten Accepts The Surrender of Japanese Forces in South East Asia" Sept 12, 1945 (IWM: ADM 1231) 8:04–8:22 Contribute
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