German submarine U-349
History | |
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Name | U-349 |
Ordered | 5 June 1941 |
Builder | Nordseewerke, Emden |
Yard number | 221 |
Laid down | 29 December 1942 |
Launched | 22 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 September 1943 |
Fate | Scuttled, off northern Germany, May 1945. Broken up, 1948 |
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 F46 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 (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) 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 × 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 |
Service record[1] | |
Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (8–30 September 1943) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (1 October 1943–28 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 March–5 May 1945) |
Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Oblt.z.S.. Ernst Lotter (8 September 1943–4 January 1944) Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Dähne (5 January 1944–5 May 1945) |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-349 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was scuttled in May 1945 in northern Germany.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 29 December 1942 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as 'werk' 221, launched on 22 July 1943 and commissioned on 8 September under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Lotter.
She served with the 22nd U-boat Flotilla from 8 September 1943, the 23rd flotilla from 1 October and the 31st flotilla from 1 March 1945.
Fate
U-349 was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay, (east of Flensburg). One man died when he refused to leave the boat. The wreck was broken up in 1948.[2]
References
- Notes
- ^ "The Type VIIC boat U-349 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0349html U-349 at u-boot-archiv.de
- Bibliography
External links
See also
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