German submarine U-127 (1941)
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-127 |
| Ordered: | 7 August 1939 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1940 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 24 April 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 15 December 1941 by an Australian warship[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Type IXC submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) 2 × SSW 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: | 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 13,450 nmi (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nautical miles (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
2nd U-boat Flotilla (24 April - 1 November 1941) – Training 2nd U-boat Flotilla (1 November - 15 December 1941) |
| Commanders: |
K.Kapt. Bruno Hansmann (24 April 1941 - 15 December 1941) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol 29 November – 15 December 1941 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-127 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 909 on 20 June 1940, launched on 1 February 1941 and commissioned on 24 April under the command of Korvettenkapitän Bruno Hansmann.
She began her brief service career training with the 2nd U-boat Flotilla and was declared operational with the same organization on 1 November 1941.
Patrol and loss
U-127 departed Kiel on 29 November, crossed the North Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean via the 'gap' between the Faroe and Shetland Islands.
She was sunk west of Gibraltar on 15 December by the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor. Out of a crew of 51, there were no survivors.
Wolfpacks
U-127 took part in one wolfpack, namely.
- Seeräuber (14–15 December 1941)
References
- ↑ Kemp 1999, p. 75.
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 105-7.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC boat U-127". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC boat U-127". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- U-127 at ubootwaffe.net
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 127". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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