German submarine U-72 (1940)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | U-72 |
Ordered | 25 January 1939 |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 619 |
Laid down | 28 December 1939 |
Launched | 22 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 4 January 1941 |
Fate | list error: <br /> list (help) Damaged by bombing, 30 March 1945 Scuttled, 2 May 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) ↑ 871 t (857 long tons) ↓ |
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 |
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 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296 |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 8,500 nmi (15,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) ↑ 80 km (43 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) ↓ |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers & ratings |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
Service record[1] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 21st U-boat Flotilla (4 January–8 June 1941) 24th U-boat Flotilla (9 June–1 July 1941) 21st U-boat Flotilla (2 July 1941–30 March 1945) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) KrvKpt. Hans-Werner Neumann (4 January–September 1941) Oblt. Helmut Köster (September–1 December 1941) Kptlt. Waldemar Mehl (2 December 1941–6 May 1942) Hans-Martin Scheibe (7 May–19 November 1942) Oblt. Helmut Lange (20 November 1942–14 December 1943) Oblt. Paul Sander (15 December 1943–19 May 1944) Oblt. Karl-Theodor Mayer (20 May 1944–March 1945) |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-72 was a Type VIIC submarine of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
U-71 was launched on 22 November 1940 and commissioned on 4 January 1941. U-72 served with 24th U-boat Flotilla (a training unit), and later with 21st U-boat Flotilla (also a training unit), from 2 July 1941 to 30 March 1945. U-72 was used throughout World War II as a training boat until it was damaged in a daylight American bombing raid on 30 March 1945. U-72 was scuttled on 2 May 1945.[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b "The Type VIIC boat U-72 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- Bibliography
- U-72 at uboat.net
- U-72 at ubootwaffe.net
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
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