| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-529 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg |
| Laid down: | 26 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 15 February 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.8 m (252 ft) overall 58.7 m (192 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) overall 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (740 kW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 25,620 nmi (47,450 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 117 nmi (217 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: | 6 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 22 × torpedoes 1 × Utof 105 mm (4.1 in)/45 deck gun with 110 rounds |
| Service record[1][2] | |
| Part of: | 4th U-boat Flotilla (30 September 1942–31 January 1943) 10th U-boat Flotilla (1–12 February 1943) |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Georg-Werner Fraatz (30 September 1942–12 February 1943) |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-529 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine, built for service during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 26 November 1941 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg, launched on 15 July 1942, and commissioned on 30 September 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Werner Fraatz. After training with 4th U-boat Flotilla, U-529 was transferred to 10th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service on 1 February 1943.[1]
U-529 sailed from Kiel on her first and only war patrol on 30 January 1943.[2] The U-boat was sunk with all hands on 15 February 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position , by depth charges from a British Consolidated Liberator aircraft from No. 201 Squadron RAF. Originally she was listed as missing, assumed lost at sea, as the Liberator attack of 15 February was believed to have sunk the U-225.[1]
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