German submarine U-216
History | |
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Name | U-216 |
Ordered | 16 February 1940 |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 648 |
Laid down | 1 January 1941 |
Launched | 23 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1941 |
Fate | Sunk, 20 October 1942,[1] by a British aircraft |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type VIID submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 965 long tons (980 t) surfaced 1,080 long tons (1,097 t) submerged |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 76.9 m (252 ft 4 in) o/a 59.8 m (196 ft 2 in) pressure hull |
Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
Draft | 5 m (16 ft 5 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 × AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW). Max rpm: 285 |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 16.7 knots (19.2 mph; 30.9 km/h) surfaced 7.9 knots (9.1 mph; 14.6 km/h) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 20,720 km (11,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 130 km (70 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 200 m (660 ft) Crush depth: 220–240 m (720–790 ft) |
Complement | 45 officers and ratings |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 × TMA or 39 × TMB tube-launched mines • 5 × vertical launchers with 15 SMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • 2 × C30 20 mm AA (4,380 rounds) |
Service record[2][3] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 5th U-boat Flotilla (15 December 1941–31 August 1942) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1–1 September 1942) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Oblt. Karl-Otto Schultz (15 December 1941–20 October 1942) |
Operations: |
list error: <br /> list (help) One patrol: 29 August 1942–20 October 1942 |
Victories: | One commercial ship sunk (4,989 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help)) |
German submarine U-216 was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was one of six U-boats of her kind, equipped with special vertical tubes that launched the mines.[4] Her keel was laid down 1 January 1941 by Germaniawerft in Kiel as 'werk' 648. She was launched on 23 October 1941 and commissioned on 15 December 1941 with Oberleutnant Karl-Otto Schultz in command.
Service history
U-216 conducted only one patrol, sailing from Kiel on 29 August 1942. On 25 September, U-216 fired four torpedos at the British Coast Lines Limited ship, Boston. After three hits, the survivors from the ship were picked up by HMS Veteran which was sunk the next day by U-404. On 20 October, the U-boat was depth charged by a British Liberator aircraft and sunk southwest of Ireland in position 48.21N, 19.25W with all hands lost.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 93.
- ^ "The Type VIID boat U-216 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-216 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "German U-Boat Sea Mines - TMA, TMB, SMC". www.uboataces.com. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ Kemp, p. 93.
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