German submarine U-465
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-465 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 296 |
| Laid down: | 17 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by an Australian aircraft in the Bay of Biscay, May 1943[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 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[2] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (20 May–30 September 1942) 6th U-boat Flotilla (1 October 1942–2 May 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Heinz Wolf (20 May 1942–2 May 1943) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 16 November–21 December 1942 2nd patrol: 16 January–18 February 1943 3rd patrol: 7–14 April 1943 4th patrol: 7 April–2 May 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-465 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out four patrols. She sank no ships.
She was a member of four wolfpacks.
She was sunk by an Australian aircraft in the Bay of Biscay, in May 1943.[3]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 17 May 1941 at Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 296, launched on 30 March 1942 and commissioned on 20 May under the command of Kapitänleutnant Heinz Wolf.
She served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla from 20 May 1942 for training and the 7th flotilla from 1 October for operations.
1st patrol
U-432's first patrol was preceded by a short journey from Kiel in Germany to Arendal (northeast of Kristiansand) in Norway. The patrol itself began when the boat departed Arendal on 16 November 1942. She passed through the 'gap' separating Iceland and the Faroe Islands and headed for Newfoundland. She arrived at St. Nazaire in occupied France on 21 December.
2nd patrol
The U-boat was attacked by an Allied aircraft in mid-Atlantic on 6 February 1943. The damage sustained was serious enough to force the abandonment of her patrol.
3rd patrol
The boat's third foray was relatively uneventful.
4th patrol and loss
She was attacked and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by an Australian Sunderland flying boat of No. 461 Squadron RAAF.
Forty-eight men went down with U-465; there were no survivors.[4][5]
Previously recorded fate
Sunk on 7 May 1943 in the Bay of Biscay by depth charges from an Australian Sunderland flying boat of No. 10 Squadron RAAF. This attack was on U-663.
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. 112
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-465 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Kemp, p. 112
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/u465/htm
- ↑ Kemp, p. 112.
- Bibliography
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