German submarine U-351
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-351 |
| Ordered: | 9 October 1939 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 470 |
| Laid down: | 4 March 1940 |
| Launched: | 27 March 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1941 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, off northern Germany, May 1945. Broken up, 1948 |
| 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] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
26th U-boat Flotilla (20 June 1941–31 March 1942) 24th U-boat Flotilla (1 April 1942–30 June 1944) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1 July 1944–28 February 1945) 4th U-boat Flotilla (1 March–5 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S.. Karl Hause (20 June–14 December 1941) Kptlt. Günther Rosenberg (15 December 1941–24 August 1942) Oblt.z.S. Eberhard Zimmermann (25 August 1942–25 May 1943) Oblt.z.S. Götz Roth (26 May–5 October 1943) Oblt.z.S. Helmut Wicke (13 December 1943–30 June 1944) Oblt.z.S. Hans-Jürgen Schley (1 July 1944–19 March 1945 Oblt.z.S. Hugo Strehl 20 March–5 May 1945 |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-351 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was scuttled in May 1945 in northern Germany.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 4 March 1940 at the Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges yard at Flensburg as 'werk' 470, launched on 27 March 1941 and commissioned on 20 June under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Karl Hause.
She served with the 26th U-boat Flotilla from 20 June 1941, the 24th flotilla from 1 April 1942, the 22nd flotilla from 1 July 1944 and the 4th flotilla from 1 March 1945. All these assignments were for employment as a training or school boat.
Fate
U-351 was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Horup Haff, (east of Flensburg). The wreck was broken up in 1948.[2]
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-351 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0351.html
- Bibliography
External links
- U-351 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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