German submarine U-368
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-368 |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1941 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
| Yard number: | 491 |
| Laid down: | 6 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 27 August 1943 |
| Fate: | Surrendered at Heligoland May 1945, sunk as part of Operation Deadlight, December 1945 |
| 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] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
21st U-boat Flotilla (7 January 1944–28 February 1945) 31st U-boat Flotilla (1 March–8 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
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| Operations: | None |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-368 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 sunk after Germany's surrender as part of Operation Deadlight in December 1945.[2]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 20 August 1942 at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg as yard number 491, launched on 16 November 1943 and commissioned on 7 January 1944 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang Schäfer.
She served with the 21st U-boat Flotilla from 7 January 1944 and the 31st flotilla from 1 March 1945.
Fate
U-368 surrendered at the German-occupied island of Heligoland on 5 May 1945. She moved to Wilhelmshaven and was transferred to Loch Ryan in Scotland for Operation Deadlight on 23 June. She was sunk by naval gunfire on 17 December.
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-368". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 2 September 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
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-368". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- U-368 at ubootwaffe.net