Editing German submarine U-862 (section)

===Transfer to Japan===
When Germany surrendered in May 1945, she put into [[Singapore]] and was taken over by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].<ref name=Giese>Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, {{ISBN|1557503079}}</ref>{{rp|235}} On 15 July 1945 she became the IJN submarine ''I-502''. The ''I-502'' surrendered at Singapore in August 1945 and was scuttled in the [[Strait of Malacca]] at {{coord|03|05|N|100|38|E|dim:400000|display=inline,title}} on 15 February 1946.<ref name="uboatnet"/>

The German crew of ''U-862'' suffered no casualties, and some returned to Germany several years after the war. Others who were interned at [[Kinmel Camp]], [[Bodelwyddan]], North Wales, remained in Wales and settled in the neighbouring communities of [[Rhyl]], [[Rhuddlan]] and [[Prestatyn]], due to the risks of returning to the [[Soviet occupation zone|Soviet occupied areas]] of Germany after the war. Two of the crew are buried at the new cemetery at Rhuddlan, North Wales, on nearby plots.