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Name | U-632 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 608 |
Laid down | 4 September 1941 |
Launched | 27 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 23 July 1942 |
Fate | Sunk on 6 April 1943 south-west of Iceland by British aircraft |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 22 623 |
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Victories: |
2 merchant ships sunk (15,255 GRT) |
German submarine U-632 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 4 September 1941 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 27 May 1942, and commissioned on 23 July 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans Karpf.
Attached to 5th U-boat Flotilla based at Kiel, U-632 completed her training period on 31 December 1942 and was assigned to front-line service.