German submarine U-148 (1940)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-148.
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
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| Name: | U-148 |
| Ordered: | 25 September 1939 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 10 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 16 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1940 |
| Fate: | Scuttled on 2 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | IID |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: | 314 t (309 long tons) surfaced 364 t (358 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 43.97 m (144 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × MWM four-stroke diesel engines, 700 shp (520 kW) 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 410 shp (310 kW) |
| Speed: | 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph) surfaced 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 56 nmi (104 km; 64 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 22 men |
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German submarine U-146 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 10 April 1940 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 277. She was launched on 16 November 1940 and commissioned on 28 December with Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Jürgen Radke in command.
U-148 began her service life with the 24th U-boat Flotilla. She was then assigned to the 21st flotilla and subsequently to the 31st flotilla. She spent the war as a training vessel.
She was scuttled in May 1945.
Fate
The boat was scuttled in the Raederschleuse (lock) at Wilhelmshaven on 2 May 1945. The wreck was broken up on an unknown date.
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 67.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IID boat U-148". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net www.uboat.net. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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.
External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 148". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IID boat U-148". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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