German submarine U-232

German submarine U-232 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 17 January 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 662, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 28 November under the command of Kapitänleutnant Ernst Ziehm.

After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, U-232 was transferred to the 9th U-boat Flotilla in Brest on 1 May 1943, for front-line service. In one war patrol, the U-boat sank or damaged no merchant ships. She was a member of three wolf packs.

U-232 was sunk in July 1943 in the North Atlantic by an American aircraft.

Patrol and loss
U-232's inaugural patrol took her from Kiel to the Atlantic Ocean via the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. While heading for the Bay of Biscay, she was attacked and sunk by an American USAAF Liberator on 8 July 1943. Forty-six men died; there were no survivors.