German submarine U-446
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-446 |
| Ordered: | 6 August 1940 |
| Builder: | F Schichau, Danzig |
| Yard number: | 1506 |
| Laid down: | 9 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 11 April 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, September 1942 by a mine. Raised in November; scuttled, May 1945. Broken up, 1947 |
| 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[1] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (20 June–21 September 1942) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Hellmuth-Bert Richard (20 June–21 September 1942) |
| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-446 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 September 1942 by a mine. She was raised in November and scuttled in May 1945. She was broken up in 1947.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 9 April 1941 at F Schichau in Danzig (now Gdansk), as 'werk' 1506, launched on 11 April 1942 and commissioned on 20 June under Oberleutnant zur See Hellmuth-Bert Richard.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 20 June 1942 to 21 September.
Fate
The submarine was sunk on 21 September 1942 by a mine near Kahlberg (now Krynica Morska in Poland) in the Gulf of Danzig. She was raised on 8 November and scuttled near Kiel on 3 May 1945. She was broken up in 1947.
Twenty-three men died in the mine sinking; there were eighteen survivors.
References
- Notes
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-446 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- Bibliography
See also
- List of German U-boats
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