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|---|---|
| Name: | U-519 |
| Ordered: | 14 February 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 334 |
| Laid down: | 23 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 7 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Missing in the Bay of Biscay since 31 January 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type IXC submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) o/a 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h) surfaced 7.7 knots (14.3 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 24,880 nmi (46,080 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: | • 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) • 22 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes • 1 × Utof 105 mm/45 deck gun (110 rounds) • AA guns |
| Service record[1][2] | |
| Part of: | 4th U-boat Flotilla (7 May–31 October 1942) 2nd U-boat Flotilla (1 November 1942–31 January 1943) |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Günter Eppen (7 May 1942–31 January 1943) |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: 17 October–29 December 1942 2nd patrol: 30–31 January 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-519 was a Type IXC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 23 June 1941 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg, launched on 12 February 1942, and commissioned on 7 May 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Günter Eppen. After training with 4th U-boat Flotilla, U-519 was transferred to 2nd U-boat Flotilla for front-line service on 1 November 1942.[1]
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The U-boat left Kiel on 17 October 1942, and patrolled the mid-Atlantic, joining the wolfpack Westwall between 8 November and 16 December, however she had no successes. She arrived at Lorient on 29 December after 74 days at sea.[3]
U-519 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay on February 10th 1943, on her second patrol.[1]"Tidewater Tillie," a Liberator of the 2d Antisubmarine Squadron, piloted by 1st Lt. W.L. Sanford, sank U-519 about six hundred miles west of Lorient, France--the first U-boat kill by the AAF in the EAME theater. All hands were lost.
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