German submarine U-191

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Career (Nazi Germany)

Name:	U-191
Ordered:	4 November 1940
Builder:	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down:	2 November 1941
Launched:	23 July 1942
Commissioned:	20 October 1942
Fate:	Sunk on 23 April 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; 29,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 117 nautical miles (217 km; 135 mi) 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 (four bow, two stern) 22 × torpedoes 1 × Utof 105 mm (4.1 in)/45 deck gun with 110 rounds

German submarine U-191 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.

She was ordered on 4 November 1940 from AG Weser Bremen, laid down on 2 November 1941, and launched on 3 July 1942.^[1] She was commissioned under Kapitänleutnant Helmut Fiehn on 20 October 1942 and underwent crew training and work-ups until 31 March 1943.

War patrol

U-191 took part in several wolfpack operations in the North Atlantic. On 21 April 1943, she achieved her only success, torpedoing and sinking the 3,025-tonne Norwegian merchant ship Scebli, killing two of Scebli's crew. Two days later U-191 was attacked and sunk by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hesperus off the coast of Greenland south-east of Cape Farewell with the loss of her entire crew of 55 crew.^[2]

Summary of Raiding Career

Date	Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate^[3]^[4]
21 April 1943	Scebeli	Norway	3,025	Sunk

References

↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 111.
↑ Kemp, p. 111.
↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u191.html
↑ Ships hit by U-191 - U-boat Successes - German U-boats - uboat.net |publisher=www.uboat.net

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Preceded by: Type IXC Followed by: Type IXD

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