German submarine U-430
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-430 |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1941 |
| Builder: | Danziger Werft, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 131 |
| Laid down: | 5 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 4 August 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in northern Germany, May 1945 by US bombs.[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 (4–31 August 1943) 21st U-boat Flotilla (1 September 1943–1 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 February–30 March 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Itlalian Commander Otto Heinrich Nachtigall (10 September 1943–5 January 1944) Oblt.z.S. Ulrich Hammer (6 January 1944–30 March 1945) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-430 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 in northern Germany by US bombs in March 1945.[1]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 5 October 1942 at the Danziger Werft (yard) at Danzig (now Gdansk), as 'werk' 131, launched on 22 April 1943 and commissioned on 4 August under an Italian commander.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 4 August 1943 and the 21st flotilla from 1 September. She was reassigned to the 31st flotilla on 1 February 1945.
The U-boat was named S-6 after being acquired by the Italian Navy in exchange for some transport ships. She returned to Germany after the Italian surrender where she was renamed U-430.
Fate
The submarine was sunk by US bombs near Bremen on 30 March 1945.
Two men died; the number of survivors is unknown.
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://uboat.net/boats/u430/htm
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 241
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-430 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- Bibliography
See also
- List of German U-boats
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