German submarine U-192
German submarine "U-192" was a very short-lived Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" built during World War II for service in the Battle of the Atlantic. During her maiden voyage in May 1943, she was sunk by a British warship, HMS Loosestrife on 6 May 1943. Design. German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. "U-192" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught  of . The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-192" was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four fitted  at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a SK C/30 as well as a C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight. Service history. She was built in Bremen during 1942 and was ready to sail in April 1943, following four months of training and working-up trials in the Baltic Sea, under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Werner Happe (Crew 36). "U-192" left Kiel for operations in the West Atlantic on 13 April 1943. The U-boat participated in three wolfpacks, "Meise", "Star , and Fink" at the end of April 1943. Two attacks on Allied shipping had failed, when "U-192" was picked up by an escort of convoy ONS 5, HMS "Loosestrife", early on 6 May 1943. The escort sank the U-boat with depth charges, killing its entire crew of 55. Wolfpacks. "U-192" took part in three wolfpacks, namely: