German submarine U-242 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 30 September 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 676, launched on 20 July 1943 and commissioned on 14 August under the command of Oberleutnant Karl-Wilhelm Pancke. In seven patrols, U-242 sank two ships totalling 2,095 GRT and an auxiliary warship of 500 tons. She was sunk by a mine in the St. George's Channel in April 1945.
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