German submarine U-194
| History | |
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| Name | U-194 |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number | Werk 1040 |
| Laid down | 17 January 1942 |
| Launched | 22 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 8 January 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk, 24 June 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) overall 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) overall 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 (3,300 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (740 kW) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 25,620 nmi (47,450 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement | 48 to 56 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 22 × torpedoes 1 × Utof 105 mm (4.1 in)/45 deck gun with 110 rounds |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 4th U-boat Flotilla (8 January 1943–31 May 1943) 10th U-boat Flotilla (1 June 1943–24 June 1943) 10th U-boat Flotilla (April 1944) |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kptlt. Hermann Hesse (8 January 1943–24 June 1943) |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: 12 June–24 June 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-194 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built during World War II for service in the Atlantic Ocean. She was a short-lived vessel, being sunk on her first and only operational war patrol. Completed in 1942 at Bremen, U-194 was a U-boat with a very long cruising ability and six torpedo (four forward and two aft) tubes supplied by 22 torpedoes.
Loss
Twelve days into her first and only patrol, U-194 was attacked and sunk by a homing torpedo from an American Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of No. 84 Squadron RAF in position 59°00′N 26°18′W / 59.000°N 26.300°W. All 54 men aboard were lost. An initial post-war assessment gave credit for sinking U-194 to a British Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of No. 120 Squadron RAF squadron, however this attack actually resulted in the sinking of U-200.
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