German submarine U-351
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-351 |
| Ordered: | 9 October 1939 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 470 |
| Laid down: | 4 March 1940 |
| Launched: | 27 March 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1941 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, off northern Germany, May 1945. Broken up, 1948 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and 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 |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| 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: | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) 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 and ratings |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[2] | |
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| Part of: |
26th U-boat Flotilla (20 June 1941–31 March 1942) 24th U-boat Flotilla (1 April 1942–30 June 1944) 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1 July 1944–28 February 1945) 4th U-boat Flotilla (1 March–5 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
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| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-351 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out no patrols. She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was scuttled in May 1945 in northern Germany.
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 4 March 1940 at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg as yard number 470, launched on 27 March 1941 and commissioned on 20 June under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Karl Hause.
She served with the 26th U-boat Flotilla from 20 June 1941, the 24th flotilla from 1 April 1942, the 22nd flotilla from 1 July 1944 and the 4th flotilla from 1 March 1945. All these assignments were for employment as a training or school boat.
Fate
U-351 was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Horup Haff, (east of Flensburg). The wreck was broken up in 1948.[3]
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-351". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Hofmann, Markus. "U 351". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 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.
External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 351". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-351". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- U-351 at ubootwaffe.net