German submarine U-167 (1942)

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-167
Ordered	15 August 1940
Builder	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen
Yard number	706
Laid down	12 March 1940
Launched	6 March 1941
Commissioned	4 July 1942
Fate	Scuttled, 6 April 1943
General characteristics
Type	Type IXC/40 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) o/a; 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Beam	list error: <br /> list (help); 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) o/a; 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draft	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW); 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW)
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 19 knots (35 km/h) surfaced; 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 25,620 nmi (47,450 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 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes; • 1 × Utof 105 mm/45 deck gun (110 rounds); • AA guns
Service record
Part of:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kriegsmarine; 4th U-boat Flotilla (training boat); 4 July–30 November 1942; 10th U-boat Flotilla; 1 December 1942–6 April 1943
Commanders:	list error: <br /> list (help); Kptlt. Kurt Neubert (4 July 1942–8 February 1943); Ltn. Günter Zahnow (8 January–16 January 1943); Kurt Sturm (5 February–6 April 1943)
Operations:	Two patrols
Victories:	list error: <br /> list (help); One ship sunk for 5,449 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help); one ship damaged for 7,200 tons

German submarine U-167 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 12 March 1941 by the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG in Bremen as 'werk' 706. She was launched on 5 March 1942 and commissioned on 4 July with Kapitänleutnant Kurt Neubert in command.

The U-boat's service began with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 5 February 1943 for operations. She was a member of three wolf packs. She sank one ship of 5,449 tons and damaged another of 7,200 tons.

She was scuttled in April 1943.

Operational career

The boat moved from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway in December 1942.

1st patrol

The submarine's first patrol took her from Bergen on 21 December 1941, across the North Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. U-167 lost a man overboard in mid-Atlantic on 8 January 1943. She arrived in Lorient in occupied France, on the 16th.

2nd patrol and loss

On her second patrol on 17 March 1943, she attacked and damaged the Molly Pitcher 500 mi (800 km) west of Lisbon. She then sailed round the Azores before approaching the northwest African coast. She sank the Lagosian southeast of the Canary Islands on the 28th.

U-167 was scuttled near the Canary Islands following an attack by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 233 Squadron RAF on 6 April 1943.

Post-war

The boat was raised in 1951 and transferred to Spain. Before being broken up, she was used for filming.

Summary of raiding history

Date	Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate^[5]
17 March 1943	Molly Pitcher	USA	7,200	Damaged
28 March 1943	Lagosian	Great Britain	5,449	Sunk

References

Notes

^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 109
^ Kemp, p. 109
^ Kemp, p. 109
^ "The Type IXC/40 boat U-167 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u167.html

Bibliography

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[1] Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 109

[2] Kemp, p. 109

[3] Kemp, p. 109

[uboatnet-4] "The Type IXC/40 boat U-167 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[5] ttp://uboat.net/boats/successes/u167.html

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