German submarine U-273
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-273 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 38 |
| Laid down: | 5 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 2 September 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 21 October 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 19 May 1943 by a British 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: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (21 October 1942–30 April 1943) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1 May–19 May 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S.. Hans-Adolf Engel (21 October 1942–31 March 1943) Oblt.z.S.. Hermann Rossmann (1 April–19 May 1943) |
| Operations: | 8–19 May 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-273 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 5 December 1941 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 38, she was launched on 2 September 1942 and commissioned on 21 October under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Adolf Engel.[2]
Service history
U-273 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from October 1942 to April 1943, and served operationally with the 9th U-boat Flotilla from 1 May 1943.[2]
U-273 sailed from Kiel under the command of Oblt.z.S.. Hermann Rossmann, on 8 May 1943, arriving at Bergen, Norway, on 11 May. The next day she sailed out into the Atlantic on her first and only patrol and was sunk eight days later[3] on 19 May with all hands, in position 59°25′N 24°33′W / 59.417°N 24.550°WCoordinates: 59°25′N 24°33′W / 59.417°N 24.550°W southwest of Iceland, by depth charges dropped from a Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron RAF.[2][4]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1999, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, pp. 118-119.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Type VIIC boat U-273 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "War Patrols by German U-boat U-273 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ Kemp, pp. 118-119.
- Bibliography
- U-273 at uboat.net
- U-273 at ubootwaffe.net
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
External links
- U-273 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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