German submarine U-237
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-237 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder: | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 667 |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 January 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in April 1945 |
| 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[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (30 January–20 May 1943) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (8 October 1943–28 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 March–4 April 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer (3 January–14 May 1943) Oblt.z.S. Lothar König (8 October 1943–September 1944) Johannes van Stipaan (September–October 1944 Obtlt. Karl-Heinz Menard (October 1944–4 May 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-237 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 23 April 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 667, launched on 17 December and commissioned on 30 January 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hubert Nordheimer.[1]
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, she went to the 23rd flotilla as a trials boat and then to the 31st flotilla.
She was sunk in Kiel by British bombs in April 1945.
Fate
She was sunk by American bombs at the Germaniawerft in Kiel during a raid on 14 May 1943, but was raised, repaired and returned to service. She was sunk a second time by British bombs at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel on 4 April 1945.
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-237 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- Bibliography
External links
- U-237 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
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