| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-702 |
| Ordered: | 9 October 1939[1] |
| Builder: | HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg |
| Laid down: | 8 July 1940[1] |
| Launched: | 24 May 1941[1] |
| Commissioned: | 3 September 1941[1] |
| Status: | MIA |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: | 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 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: | 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 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: | 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers & ratings |
| Armament: | • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | 5th U-Boat Flotilla (training) 3 Sep 1941 - 28 Feb 1942 7th U-Boat Flotilla (front boat) |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Wolf-Rüdiger von Rabenau 3 Sep 1941 - 3 Apr 1942 |
German submarine U-702 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was under the command of Kptlt. Wolf-Rüdiger von Rabenau.
Originally serving with 5th U-Boat Flotilla a training vessel from September 3, 1941 to February 28, 1942[1], U-702 was transferred to the 7th U-Boat Flotilla for her official war-time service.
Twenty-one days after her transfer-March 21-, she set sail from Hamburg on a two-day voyage to the Heligoland island chain to prepare for her first assignment. She left port on the twenty-ninth, and began her patrol of the North sea.
On the third of April, U-702 vanished. Being in the North Sea, it is possible that it was attacked by British aircraft.