German submarine U-250
 U-250 being commissioned, 12 December 1943 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-250 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 684 |
| Laid down: | 9 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 11 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in July 1944 in the Gulf of Finland, raised by the Soviets[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] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (12 December 1943–1 July 1944) 8th U-boat Flotilla (1 July–30 July 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Rolf Lindschau (12 December 1943–30 July 1944) |
| Operations: |
One patrol: 26 July–30 July 1945 |
| Victories: | One |
German submarine U-250 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 9 January 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as 'werk' 684. She was launched on 11 November 1943 and commissioned on 12 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant Werner-Karl Schmidt.[2]
In one patrol, she sank one ship.
The boat was sunk by the Soviet submarine chaser MO103 in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic) in July 1944.
Service history
After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, U-249 transferred to the 8th flotilla on 1 July 1944.
Patrol, loss and capture
The boat's first and only patrol was preceded by a pair of short trips between Kiel in Germany, and Reval (now Talinn in Estonia), and Grand Hotel (Poland). U-250's first sortie proper started with her departure from Grand Hotel on 26 July 1944. She sank the Soviet submarine chaser or patrol boat M-105 on 26 July.
This sinking resulted in a concerted response on the part of the Soviets. M-103 made the kill; dropping a pattern of depth charges which opened a large hole in the U-boat's pressure hull. Only six men escaped the submarine, forty-six others did not; the U-boat sank in the relatively shallow depth of 27 m (89 ft). It was decided to raise U-250, despite her proximity to the German-held shore. Harassing artillery fire was met with a constant smokescreen while divers worked. The Soviets succeeded in raising the boat and taking her to Kronstadt in September 1944 where she was examined.[3] She then served briefly in the Soviet navy as the TS-14 before being broken up.[4]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 1944 | MO-105 |  Soviet Navy |
56 | Sunk |
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, pp. 206-207
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-250 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net.
- ↑ Kemp, pp. 206-207
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u250/htm
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u250/html
- Bibliography
External links
- U-250 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
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