| German submarine U-290 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | U-290 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 55 |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 16 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 14 July 1943 |
| Fate: | Scuttled in May 1945 in Flensburg Fjord |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (24 July 1943–30 April 1944) 6th U-boat Flotilla (1 May–31 July 1944) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1 August–27 August 1944) 8th U-boat Flotilla (28 August 1944–15 February 1945) 4th U-boat Flotilla (16 February–3 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Hartmut Strenger (24 July–26 December 1943) Oblt. Helmut Herglotz (27 December 1943–April 1945) Oblt. (R) Heinz Baum (April–4 May 1945) |
| Operations: |
Three patrols: 1 June–16 June 1944 7 September–5 November 1944 1 January–29 January 1945 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-290 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 12 October 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 55. She was launched on 16 June 1943 and commissioned on 24 July under the command of Oberleutnant Hartmut Strenger.[1]
She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was scuttled in Flensburg Fjord in May 1945.
Service history[]
U-290 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from July 1943 to April 1944 and operationally with the 6th flotilla from 1 May. She was reassigned to the 11th flotilla in August. She was transferred twice more, first back to the 8th flotilla in late August, then the 4th flotilla in mid-February 1945.
1st patrol[]
The boat's initial foray, which was preceded by a short voyage from Kiel to Egersund (southeast of Stavanger) in Norway, began with her departure from the Nordic port on 1 June 1944 and finished at Bergen on 16 June.
She had been attacked by a Norwegian De Haviland Mosquito of No. 333 Squadron RAF on 14 June. Eight of her crew were wounded.
A series of brief journeys then followed, between Bergen, Kristiansand, Kiel and Gotenhafen (now Gdynia in Poland).
2nd patrol[]
She departed Gotenhafen on 7 September 1944. After patrolling the Baltic, she docked at Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland) on 5 November.
3rd patrol and fate[]
After sailing to Libau in western Latvia,[3] she departed from there on 1 January 1945, arriving in Kiel on the 29th.
She was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay, part of Flensburg Fjord, in May 1945.
See also[]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-290 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u290.htm. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-290 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/patrols/u290.html. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, ISBN 0 7230 0809 4, p. 20
- Bibliography
External links[]
- U-290 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
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