German submarine U-364
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-364 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1940 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 483 |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 3 May 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a British aircraft in January 1944, in the Bay of Biscay |
| 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: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (3 May–31 October 1943) 7th U-boat Flotilla (1 November 1943–29 January 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S.. Paul-Heinrich Sass (3 May–29 January 1944) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 23 November–26 November 1943 2nd patrol: 28 November–29 January 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-364 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out two patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was a member of five wolfpacks.
She was sunk by a British aircraft in the Bay of Biscay in January 1944.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 12 February 1941 at the Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges yard at Flensburg as 'werk' 483, launched on 21 January 1943 and commissioned on 3 May under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Paul-Heinrich Sass.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 3 May 1943 and the 7th flotilla from 1 November.
1st patrol
U-359's first patrol took her from Kiel in Germany to Marviken.
2nd patrol and loss
Her second foray was from Marviken on 28 November 1943, through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and into the North Atlantic Ocean. On 29 January 1944, she was sunk by depth charges dropped by a British Handley Page Halifax of No. 502 Squadron RAF in the Bay of Biscay.
49 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.[2]
Previously recorded fate
U-364 was originally noted as missing, also in the Bay of Biscay from 31 January 1944. No explanation has ever been offered.
In addition, she was reported as sunk on 30 January 1944 by a British Vickers Wellington of 172 Squadron in the Bay of Biscay. This attack caused no damage to U-608. The aircraft was shot down.[3]
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-364 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0364html U-364 at u-boot-archiv.de
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u364/htm
- Bibliography
External links
- U-364 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
See also
- List of German U-boats
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