German submarine U-283
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-283 |
| Ordered: | 6 May 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 48 |
| Laid down: | 10 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 17 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a Canadian aircraft,11 February 1944, southwest of the Faroe Islands[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 (31 March 1943–31 January 1944) 9th U-boat Flotilla (1 February–11 February 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Heinz-Günther Scholz (31 March–15 August 1943) Oblt.z.S. Günter Ney (16 August 1943–11 February 1944) |
| Operations: |
One patrol: 13 January–11 February 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-283 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 10 June 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 48. She was launched on 17 February 1943 and commissioned on 31 March under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Heinz-Günther Scholz.[2]
Service history
U-283 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from March 1943 to January 1944 and operationally with the 9th flotilla from 1 February.[2] She carried out one patrol, sinking no ships. She was a member of two wolfpacks.
Patrol
The boat's only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 13 January 1944. She was sunk 11 February, 1944 southwest of the Faroe Islands by a Canadian Leigh Light equipped Wellington of No. 407 Squadron RCAF.[4]
Forty-nine men died; there were no survivors.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 169
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Type VIIC boat U-283 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-283 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Kemp, p. 169
- Bibliography
External links
- U-281 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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Coordinates: 60°45′N 12°50′W / 60.750°N 12.833°W