| German submarine U-335 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | U-335 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Nordseewerke, Emden |
| Yard number: | 207 |
| Laid down: | 3 January 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk, August 1942 by a British submarine[1] |
| 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 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun(220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (17 December 1941–31 July 1942) 6th U-boat Flotilla (1–3 August 1942) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Hans-Herman Pelkner (12 December 1941–3 August 1942) |
| Operations: | 30 July–3 August 1942 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-335 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 January 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as 'werk' 207, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 17 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Herman Pilkner.
Service history[]
After training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla, she moved to the 6th flotilla for front-line service in August 1942. The boat's one and only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 30 July 1942. Atlantic-bound,[4] she was intercepted and sunk by the British submarine HMS Saracen southeast of the Faroe Islands on 3 August.[4][5]
Forty-three men died; there was one survivor.[5]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 86.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-335". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/boats/u335.htm. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-335". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u335.html. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kemp, p. 86
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://uboat.net/boats/u335/htm
- Bibliography
See also[]
Coordinates: 62°48′N 0°12′W / 62.8°N 0.2°W
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