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|---|---|
| Name: | U-200 |
| Ordered: | 4 November 1940 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1046 |
| Laid down: | 3 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 24 June 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type IXD2 submarine |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: 1616 tons Submerged: 1804 tons |
| Length: | Overall: 87.60 m (287.4 ft) Pressure hull: 68.50 m (224.7 ft) |
| Beam: | Overall: 7.50 m (24.6 ft) Pressure hull: 4.40 m (14.4 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.40 m (17.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Surfaced: 5,400 hp Submerged: 1,100 hp |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 19.2 kn (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) Submerged: 6.9 kn (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) |
| Range: | Surfaced: 31,500 mi (50,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Submerged: 57 mi (92 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| Test depth: | Calculated crush depth: 230 m (750 ft) |
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| Service record[1][2] | |
| Part of: | 4th U-boat Flotilla (22 December 1942–31 May 1943) 12th U-boat Flotilla (1 June–24 June 1943) |
| Commanders: | KrvKpt. Heinrich Schonder (22 December 1942–24 June 1943) |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: 12 June–24 June 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-200 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. U-200 was sunk southwest of Iceland in position by depth charges from a British Consolidated B-24 Liberator of No. 120 Squadron RAF. All 68 souls aboard, including seven members of the German special forces 'Brandenburg' unit, were lost.
The submarine was laid down on 3 November 1941 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 10 August 1942, and commissioned on 22 December 1942. After training with 4th U-boat Flotilla at Stettin, U-200 was transferred to 12th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service from 1 June 1943.[1]
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U-200's first and only operational war patrol began on 12 June 1942. The new submarine departed Kiel and sailed north of the British Isles into the Atlantic Ocean. On 24 June 1943 the U-boat was located by the RAF southwest of Iceland and sunk with all hands by depth charges from a British Consolidated B-24 Liberator of No. 120 Squadron RAF. This was initially reported to be an attack on U-194 which was sunk the same day, but that submarine was sunk by aircraft of a different squadron. [2]
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