German submarine U-287
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-287 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 52 |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 13 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk, May 1945 by a mine (other sources say she was scuttled) |
| 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][2] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
24th U-boat Flotilla (22 September 1943–28 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 March–8 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Meyer (22 September1943–16 May 1945) |
| Operations: |
One patrol: 29 April–16 May 1945 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-287 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 8 August 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 52. She was launched on 13 August 1943 and commissioned on 22 September under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Meyer.[1]
She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was sunk by a mine in May 1945 in the Elbe estuary. (Other sources say she was scuttled).[3]
Service history
U-287 served with the 24th U-boat Flotilla for training from September 1943 to February 1945 and operationally with the 31st flotilla from 1 March.
The boat's only patrol was preceded by two short voyages from Kiel in April 1945 to Horten and Kristiansand in Norway (the former being located northeast of Kristiansand).[4]
Patrol and loss
The boat departed Kristiansand on 29 April 1945 and was sunk by a mine on 16 May - other sources say she was scuttled in the Attenbuch roadstead (see above).
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-287 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-287 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0287html U-287 at u-boot-archiv.de
- ↑ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, ISBN 0 7230 0809 4, p. 12
- Bibliography
External links
- U-287 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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Coordinates: 53°50′N 8°50′E / 53.833°N 8.833°E