German submarine U-232
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-232 |
| Ordered: | 7 December 1940 |
| Builder: | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 662 |
| Laid down: | 17 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 15 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk in July 1943 by an American aircraft[1] |
| 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 F46 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 (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun(220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (28 November 1942–30 April 1943) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1 May–8 July 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Kplt. Ernst Ziehm (28 November 1942–8 July 1943) |
| Operations: | Patrol: 8 May–8 July 1943 |
German submarine U-232 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 17 January 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 662, launched on 15 October and commissioned on 28 November under the command of Kapitänleutnant Ernst Ziehm.[2]
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, U-232 was transferred to the 9th U-boat Flotilla in Brest on 1 May 1943, for front-line service. In one war patrol, the U-boat sank or damaged no merchant ships. She was a member of three wolf packs.
U-232 was sunk in July 1943 in the North Atlantic by an American aircraft.
Operational career
Patrol and loss
U-232's inaugural patrol took her from Kiel to the Atlantic Ocean via the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. While heading for the Bay of Biscay, she was attacked and sunk by an American USAAF Liberator on 8 July 1943. Forty-six men died; there were no survivors.
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, pp. 128-129
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-232 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-232 - Boats - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- Bibliography
External links
- U-231 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
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