German submarine U-200
 U-200 under attack on 24 June 1943 southwest of Iceland | |
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-200 |
| Ordered: | 4 November 1940 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1046 |
| Laid down: | 3 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 24 June 1943 by a British aircraft southwest of Iceland |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Type IXD2 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,616 t (1,590 long tons) surfaced 1,804 t (1,776 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 87.60 m (287.4 ft) o/a 68.50 m (224.7 ft) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 7.50 m (24.6 ft) o/a 4.40 m (14.4 ft) pressure hull |
| Draught: | 5.40 m (17.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | surfaced 5,400 hp submerged 1,100 hp |
| Speed: | surfaced 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) submerged 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) |
| Range: | surfaced 31,500 nmi (58,300 km; 36,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged 57 nmi (106 km; 66 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| Test depth: | Calculated crush depth: 230 m (750 ft) |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
4th U-boat Flotilla (22 December 1942–31 May 1943) 12th U-boat Flotilla (1–24 June 1943) |
| Commanders: |
K.Kapt. Heinrich Schonder (22 December 1942–24 June 1943) |
| Operations: | 12–24 June 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-200 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 3 November 1941 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen as yard number 1046, launched on 10 August 1942 and commissioned on 22 December 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Schonder. After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla at Stettin, the boat was transferred to the 12th U-boat Flotilla for front-line service from 1 June 1943.[2]
She was sunk southwest of Iceland by depth charges from a British aircraft.
Service History
U-200 's first and only operational war patrol began on 12 June 1943. The new submarine departed Kiel and sailed north of the British Isles, through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and into the Atlantic Ocean. On 24 June 1943 the U-boat was located by the RAF and sunk with all hands in position 58°15′N 25°25′W / 58.250°N 25.417°W by depth charges from a British Consolidated B-24 Liberator of 120 Squadron. This was initially reported to be an attack on U-194 which was sunk on the same day, but that submarine was sunk by aircraft of a different unit.
All 68 souls aboard U-200, including seven members of the German 'Brandenburg' special forces, were lost.[3]
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 105-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXD2 boat U-200". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-200". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXD boat U-200". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 200". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- U-200, U-bootwaffe
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