German submarine U-287
History | |
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Name | U-287 |
Ordered | 5 June 1941 |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
Yard number | 52 |
Laid down | 8 August 1942 |
Launched | 13 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 22 September 1943 |
Fate | Sunk, May 1945 by a mine (other sources say she was scuttled) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
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 M6V 40/46 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) 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
Test depth | list error: <br /> list (help) 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement | 44–52 officers and ratings |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
Service record[1][2] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 24th U-boat Flotilla (22 September 1943–28 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 March–8 May 1945) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Oblt. Heinrich Meyer (22 September1943–16 May 1945) |
Operations: |
list error: <br /> list (help) One patrol: 29 April–16 May 1945 |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-287 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 8 August 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 52. She was launched on 13 August 1943 and commissioned on 22 September under the command of Oberleutnant Heinrich Meyer.[1]
She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was sunk by a mine in May 1945 in the Elbe estuary. (Other sources say she was scuttled).[3]
Service history
U-287 served with the 24th U-boat Flotilla for training from September 1943 to February 1945 and operationally with the 31st flotilla from 1 March.
The boat's only patrol was preceded by two short voyages from Kiel in April 1945 to Horten and Kristiansand in Norway (the former being located northeast of Kristiansand).[4]
Patrol and loss
The boat departed Kristiansand on 29 April 1945 and was sunk by a mine on 16 May - other sources say she was scuttled in the Attenbuch roadstead (see above).
References
- Notes
- ^ a b "The Type VIIC boat U-287 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-287 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0287html U-287 at u-boot-archiv.de
- ^ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, ISBN 0 7230 0809 4, p. 12
- Bibliography
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