German submarine U-280
Career | |
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Name: | U-280 |
Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
Yard number: | 45 |
Laid down: | 30 April 1942 |
Launched: | 4 January 1943 |
Commissioned: | 13 February 1943 |
Fate: | Sunk, 16 November 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 long tons (885 t) 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][2] | |
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Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (13 February–31 July 1943) 3rd U-boat Flotilla (1 August–16 November 1943) |
Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Walter Hungershausen (13 February 1943–16 November 1943) |
Operations: | 1st patrol: 12 October–16 November 1943 |
Victories: | None |
German submarine U-280 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 30 April 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack, launched on 4 January 1943, and commissioned on 13 February 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Walter Hungershausen.[1]
Service history
U-280 served with 8th U-boat Flotilla while training, and transferred to 3rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 August 1943 for front-line service.[1]
On 12 October 1943 U-280 sailed from Kiel on her first and only war patrol.[2] On 16 November she was attacked by a British Liberator aircraft of No. 86 Squadron RAF near Convoy HX-265, in position 49°11′N 27°32′W / 49.183°N 27.533°WCoordinates: 49°11′N 27°32′W / 49.183°N 27.533°W, south-west of Iceland. The first attack missed and the aircraft was hit by flak, knocking out one engine. However the bomber attacked again, sinking U-280 with depth charges. The Liberator safely returned to base on three engines.[1]
U-280 operated with the following Wolfpacks during her career:
'Körner' (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
'Tirpitz 3' (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
'Eisenhart 3' (9 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943)
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Type VIIC boat U-280 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Patrol of U-boat U-280 from 12 Oct 1943 to 16 Nov 1943 - U-boat patrols - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- Bibliography
- U-280 at uboat.net
- U-280 at ubootwaffe.net
- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
External links
- U-280 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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