German submarine U-467
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-467 |
| Ordered: | 15 August 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 298 |
| Laid down: | 22 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a US Navy aircraft, southeast of Iceland, 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: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (15 July 1942–31 March 1943) 11th U-boat Flotilla (1 April 1942–25 May 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Heinz Kummer (15 July 1942–25 May 1943) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 27 March–29 April 1943 2nd patrol: 20–25 May 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-467 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out two patrols. She sank no ships.
She was a member of one wolfpack.
She was sunk by a US Navy aircraft southeast of Iceland, in May 1943.[3][4]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 22 June 1941 at Deutsche Werke in Kiel as 'werk' 298, launched on 16 May 1942 and commissioned on 15 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Heinz Kummer.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 15 July 1942 for training and the 11th flotilla from 1 April 1943 for operations.
1st patrol
U-432's first patrol was preceded by a short journey from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway. The patrol itself began when the boat departed Bergen on 27 March 1943. She headed northwest into the Norwegian Sea.
2nd patrol and loss
Her second foray began with her departure from Bergen on 20 May 1943. On the 25th, she was sunk by a FIDO homing torpedo dropped by a US Navy Catalina flying boat.
Forty-six men went down with U-467; there were no survivors.[3][5]
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. 121
- ↑ "The Type VIIC boat U-467 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://uboat.net/boats/u467/htm
- ↑ Kemp, p. 121
- ↑ Kemp, p. 121.
- Bibliography
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