German submarine U-708
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Career (Nazi Germany) | |
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Name: | U-708 |
Operator: | Kriegsmarine |
Ordered: | 6 August 1940 |
Builder: | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
Yard number: | 772 |
Laid down: | 31 March 1941 |
Launched: | 24 March 1942 |
Commissioned: | 24 July 1942 |
Fate: | Scuttled on 3 May 1945 in Wilhelmshaven |
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) |
Installed power: |
2 × supercharged Germania-Werft 6 cylinder, four-stroke F46 diesel engines 2 × CL RP 137/c electric motors |
Propulsion: |
2 × shafts 2 × 1.23 m (4 ft 0 in) propellers |
Speed: |
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged |
Range: | 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
Complement: | 44–60 officers & ratings |
Armament: |
5 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one aft) with 14 torpedoes 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun various AA guns |
German submarine U-708 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Ordered 6 August 1940, she was laid down 31 March 1941 and launched 24 March 1942. She was used only for training, and was captained by four different commanders during her 3-year life. She was scuttled on 3 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven and her wreck was broken up in 1947.
Sources
Uboat.net - http://uboat.net/boats/u708.htm
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