German submarine U-967

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Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-967
Ordered: 5 June 1941
Builder: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
Yard number: 167
Laid down: 16 May 1942
Launched: 4 February 1943
Commissioned: 11 March 1943
Fate: Scuttled on 11 August 1944 in Toulon.
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 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
150 km (81 nmi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)
Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement: 44–52 officers & ratings
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)
Various AA guns
Service record
Part of:

Kriegsmarine
5th U-boat Flotilla (Training), 11 March 1943–30 September 1943
6th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 October 1943–29 February 1944

29th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat), 1 March 1944–11 August 1944
Identification codes: M 51 480
Commanders:

Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Loeder, 11 March 1943–April 1944
Korvettenkapitän Albrecht Brandi, April 1944–1 July 1944

Oberleutnant zur See Heinz-Eugen Eberbach, 2 July 1944–11 August 1944
Operations: 3 patrols
Victories: 1 warship sunk for 1,300 tons

German submarine U-967 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 16 May 1942 by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, Germany. She was commissioned on 11 March 1943 with Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Loeder in command. U-967 commanded by Albrecht Brandi on 5 May 1944 torpedoed USS Fechteler in the Western Mediterranean that was sailing with convoy GUS-38.

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Coordinates: 43°7′N 5°55′E / 43.117°N 5.917°E / 43.117; 5.917

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