German submarine U-357
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-357 |
| Ordered: | 26 October 1940 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 476 |
| Laid down: | 19 May 1940 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk by British warships, December 1942, northwest of Ireland[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] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (18 June–30 November 1942) 6th U-boat Flotilla (1–26 December 1942) |
| Commanders: |
Kptllt. Adolf Kellner (18 June–26 December 1942) |
| Operations: |
One: 15–26 December 1942 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-357 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 sunk by British warships northwest of Ireland in December 1942.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 19 May 1940 at the Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges yard at Flensburg as 'werk' 476, launched on 31 March 1942 and commissioned on 18 June under the command of Kapitänleutnant Adolf Kellner.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 18 June 1942 and the 6th flotilla from 1 December.
Fate
U-357 was sunk by depth charges dropped from the British destroyers HMS Hesperus and Vanessa on 26 December 1942 northwest of Ireland.[3][4]
36 men died; six survived.[5]
See also
- List of German U-boats
References
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 98
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-357 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0357.html
- ↑ Kemp, p. 98
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u357/htm
- Bibliography
External links
- U-357 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
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Coordinates: 57°10′N 15°40′W / 57.167°N 15.667°W