German submarine U-416
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-416 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Danziger Werft, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 117 |
| Laid down: | 11 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 9 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 4 November 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a Soviet mine, March 1942; sunk, December 1944 in the Baltic Sea after a collision with a German ship[1][2] |
| 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 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) 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[3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (4 November 1942–30 March 1943) 23rd U-boat Flotilla (4 October 1943–1 July 1944) 21st U-boat Flotilla (1 July –12 December 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Christian Reich (4 November 1942–30 March 1943) Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Zorn (4 October–14 November 1943) Kptlt. Heinz Zwang (15 November 1943–15 May 1944) Oblt.z.S. Eberhard Rieger (16 May–12 December 1944) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-416 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 a Soviet mine, March 1942; also sunk, December 1944 in the Baltic Sea after a collision with a German ship.[1][2]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 11 August 1941 at the Danziger Werft (yard) at Danzig (now Gdansk), as 'werk' 117, launched on 9 May 1942 and commissioned on 4 November under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Christian Reich.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 4 November 1942 and the 23rd flotilla from 4 October 1943. She was reassigned to the 21st flotilla on 1 July 1944.
Fate
U-416 was sunk on 30 March 1943 by a mine laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 26 August 1942 near Bornholm (eastern Denmark).[4] She was raised on 8 April 1943 and after repairs, used for training. She was in collision with the German minesweeper M 203 and sank on 12 December 1944 northwest of Pillau, (Balltiysk) in Russia.
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://uboat.net/boats/u416/htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, pp. 109 and 225
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-416 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ↑ The Times Atlas of the World - Third edition, revised 1995, ISBN 0 7230 0809 4, p. 18
- Bibliography
See also
- List of German U-boats
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