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{{Short description|German World War II submarine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
|Ship name=''U-239''
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|Ship builder=[[Germaniawerft]], [[Kiel]]
|Ship yard number=669
|Ship laid down =14 May 1942
|Ship launched=28 January 1943
|Ship commissioned=13 March 1943
|Ship homeport=
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship fate=Damaged on 24 July 1944, [[Ship breaking|broken up]] in the same year{{sfn|Kemp|1999|p=205}}
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=
|Ship class=[[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=
*{{convert|769|t|LT|0|lk=on}} surfaced *{{convert|871|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} submerged |Ship length=
*{{convert|67. *{{convert|50. |Ship beam=
*{{convert|6. *{{convert|4. |Ship height={{convert|9.
|Ship
|Ship power=
*{{convert|2800|–|3200|PS|kW bhp|abbr=on}} (diesels)
*{{convert|750|PS|kW shp|abbr=on}} (electric)
|Ship propulsion=
*2 shafts
*2 × [[diesel engine]]s
*2 × [[Motor-generator|electric motors]].
|Ship speed=
*{{convert|17.7|kn}} surfaced
*{{convert|7.6|kn}} submerged
|Ship range=
*{{convert|8500|nmi|abbr=on|lk=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} surfaced
*{{convert|80|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged
|Ship test depth=
*{{convert|230|m|ft|abbr=on}}
*[[Crush depth]]: {{convert|250|–|295|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
*5
*14
*1
*2 × twin [[2 cm FlaK 30|{{convert|2|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} C/30]] [[anti-aircraft gun]]s
|Ship notes=
}}
{{
|is_ship=yes
|label=Service record<ref name="uboatnet">{{Cite web
|url=
|title=The Type VIIC boat U-239
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII
|
}}</ref>
|partof=
*[[5th U-boat Flotilla]]
*13 March – 1 July 1943
*[[22nd U-boat Flotilla]]
*1 July 1943 – 24 July 1944
*5th U-boat Flotilla
*25 July – 5 August 1944
|codes=M 50 794
|commanders=
*''[[Oblt.z.S.]]'' Ullrich Vöge
*13 March 1943 – 5 August 1944
|operations=None
|victories=None
}}
|}
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'''German submarine ''U-239''''' was a [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|Type VIIC]] [[U-boat]] of [[Nazi Germany]]'s ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' during [[World War II]].
The submarine was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 14 May 1942 at the ''[[Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft]]'' yard at [[Kiel]] as yard number 669, [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 28 January 1943 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 13 March under the command of ''[[Leutnant zur See]]'' Ulrich Vöge.<ref name="uboatnet"/>
After training with the [[5th U-boat Flotilla]] at Kiel, she went to the [[22nd U-boat Flotilla|22nd flotilla]] as a 'school' boat and then back to the
She was damaged in Kiel by British bombs
==Design==
[[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|German Type VIIC submarines]] were preceded by the shorter [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIB|Type VIIB submarines]]. ''U-239'' had a displacement of {{convert|769|t|LT
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|17.7|kn
==Fate==
She was damaged in a British air raid at the ''Germania Werke'' in Kiel on 24 July 1944 which also killed one crewman,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi |title=U-Boat Operations |access-date=2007-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501044136/http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi |archive-date=1 May 2007 }}</ref> she was then [[Ship breaking|broken up]] later that same year.
==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 }}
*{{cite book
|last1=Busch
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|first2=Hans-Joachim
|title=Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945
|series=Der U-Boot-Krieg
|volume=IV
|publisher=Mittler
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|year=1999
|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
|language=
}}
*{{cite book
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|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|series=German Warships 1815–1945
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
|ref=CITEREFGröner1991
}}
*{{cite book
|last=Kemp
|first=Paul
|title=U-Boats Destroyed
|location=London
|year=1999
|publisher=Arms & Armour
|isbn=1-85409-515-3
}}
{{Refend}}
==External links==
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|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII
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}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0239.html
|title=''U 239''
|last=Hofmann
|first=Markus
|website=Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 – u-boot-archiv.de
|language=de
|access-date=26 December 2014
}}
{{German Type VII submarines}}
{{July 1944 shipwrecks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:U0239}}
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