German submarine U-165 (1941)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Germany | |
| Name | U-165 |
| Ordered | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder | Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen |
| Yard number | 704 |
| Laid down | 30 August 1940 |
| Launched | 15 August 1941 |
| Commissioned | 3 February 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk on 27 September 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Type IXC submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) overall 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) overall 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h) submerged |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 24,880 nmi (46,080 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement | 48 to 56 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 22 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun[1] (110 rounds) |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kriegsmarine 4th U-boat Flotilla (3 February–31 August 1942) 10th U-boat Flotilla (1 September–27 September 1942) |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Frgkpt. Eberhard Hoffmann (3 February–27 September 1942) |
| Operations: | One patrol |
| Victories: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Two ships sunk for a total of 8,396 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help) one auxilliary warship sunk, (358 tons) three ships damaged, (14,499 tons) one auxilliary warship damaged, (7,252 tons) |
German submarine U-165 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. The keel for this boat was laid down on 30 August 1940 at the Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen yard as 'werk' 704. She was launched on 15 August 1941 and commissioned on 3 February 1942 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Eberhard Hoffmann.
The U-boat's service began with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 September 1942 for operations. She sank two ships, totalling 8,396 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help), one auxiliary warship of 358 tons and damaged three others, for 14,499 tons. She also damaged one auxiliary warship (7,252 tons).
She was sunk by a British aircraft with a Czech crew in September 1942.
Operational career
Patrol and loss
The submarine's only patrol took her from Kiel on 7 August 1942, across the North Sea and into the northern Atlantic Ocean via through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. Her first victims were the USS Laramie and the Arlyn; both damaged at the northern end of the Belle Isle Strait on 28 August. She went on to attack the Aeas on 6 September, HMCS Raccoon on the 7th, the Essex Lance on the 16th and the Pan York, also on the 16th.
U-165 had almost reached the French Atlantic ports when she was sunk on 27 September 1942 by a Vickers Wellington of 311/Q Squadron, RAF just west of the Bay of Biscay.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1942 | USS Laramie |  USA |
7,252 | Damaged |
| 28 August 1942 | Arlyn | USA |
3,304 | Damaged |
| 6 September 1942 | Aeas |  Greece |
4,729 | Sunk |
| 7 September 1942 | HMCS Raccoon |  Canada |
358 | Sunk |
| 16 September 1942 | Essex Lance |  United Kingdom |
6,625 | Damaged |
| 16 September 1942 | Joanis | Greece |
3,667 | Sunk |
| 16 September 1942 | Pan York | USA |
4,750 | Damaged |
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp.248 and 249
- ^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u165/html