German submarine U-239
History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | U-239 |
Ordered | 20 January 1941 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 669 |
Laid down | 14 May 1942 |
Launched | 28 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 13 March 1943 |
Fate | Damaged in July 1944, broken up in the same year[1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
Height | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke F46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 PS (2,800–3,200 bhp; 2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 PS (740 shp; 550 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers and ratings |
Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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Service record[3] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 5th U-boat Flotilla (13 March–1 July 1943) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1 July 1943–24 July 1944) 31st U-boat Flotilla (25 July–5 August 1944) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer (3 January–14 May 1943) |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-239 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 14 May 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 669, launched on 28 January 1943 and commissioned on 13 March under the command of Leutnant zur See Ulrich Vöge.[3]
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, she went to the 22nd flotilla as a 'school' boat and then back to the 5th flotilla.
She was damaged in Kiel by British bombs in July 1944 and broken up in the same year.
Fate
She was damaged in a British air raid at the Germania Werke in Kiel on 24 July 1944 which also killed one crewman,[4] she was then broken up later that same year.
References
- ^ Kemp 1999, p. 205.
- ^ Gröner 1985, pp. 72–74.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-239". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
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(help) - Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher (in German). Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
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(help) - Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
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External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 239". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-239". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- U-239 at ubootwaffe.net [dead link]
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