German submarine U-304
History | |
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Name | U-304 |
Ordered | 7 December 1940 |
Builder | Flender Werke, Lübeck |
Yard number | 304[1] |
Laid down | 14 June 1941 |
Launched | 13 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 5 August 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 28 May 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 769 tonnes (757 long tons) ↑ 871 t (857 long tons) ↓ |
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 F 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) ↑ 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) ↓ |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) ↑ 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) ↓ |
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 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun(220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
German submarine U-304 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She saw service in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Built in 1941 and 1942 at Flender-Werke, Lübeck,[1] U-304 was a Type VIIC U-boat, capable of lengthy ocean patrols and of operating in distant environments.
U-304 was launched on 13 June 1942 and commissioned 5 August 1942.[2] On 28 May 1943 the boat was attacked by British aircraft and sunk by bombs off Cape Farewell in the North Atlantic at 54°50′N 37°20′W / 54.833°N 37.333°W. All 46 crew members died in the event.[2]
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Vol. III. Koblenz: Bernard&Graefe. ISBN 3763748024.
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