German submarine U-1302

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Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-1302
Ordered: 2 April 1942
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg
Laid down: 2 March 1943
Launched: 4 April 1944
Commissioned: 25 May 1944
Fate: Sunk 7 March 1945 in St George's Channel.
General characteristics (VIIC/41)[1]
Type: Type VIIC/41 submarine
Displacement: 759 tonnes (747 long tons) surfaced
860 t (846 long tons) submerged[2]
Length: 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) (o/a)
50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) (pressure hull)[3]
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) (pressure hull)[3]
Height: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)[3]
Draft: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)[3]
Installed power: 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke F 46 diesels[2] totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490[3]
2 × AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors,[2] totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296[3]
Propulsion: 2 × shafts
2 × 1.23 m (48 in) propellers[2]
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged[3]
Range: 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[3]
Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)
Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement: 4 officers 40 - 56 enlisted[2]
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 × torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds)
Service record
Part of:

Kriegsmarine:
4th U-boat Flotilla (Training)

11th U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat)
Commanders: Wolfgang Herwartz
Operations: 1
Victories: 3

German submarine U-1302 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service in World War II. She was commissioned on 25 May 1944.

U-1302 served with 4th U-boat Flotilla for training and later with 11th U-boat Flotilla from 1 January 1945 to 7 March 1945.

U-1302 completed one patrol between February and March 1945, sinking three ships totalling 8,386 gross register tons (GRT).[4]

U-1302 was sunk with all hands on 7 March 1945 in St George's Channel by depth charges from the Canadian frigates HMCS La Hulloise, HMCS Strathadam and HMCS Thetford Mines.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type VIIC/41". U-Boat War in World War II. Uboat.net. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gröner, p. 74.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gröner, p. 72.
  4. ↑ Ships hit by U-1302 Accessed 19 July 2010
  5. ↑ U-1302 Accessed 10 February 2009.

References

  • Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939–45. Amber Books, 2006.
  • Gröner, Erich (1985). "U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher". Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 III (Koblenz: Bernard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4. 

    See also

    • List of U-boats

    Coordinates: 52°19′N 5°23′W / 52.317°N 5.383°W / 52.317; -5.383


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