German submarine U-469
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-469 |
| Ordered: | 20 January 1941 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 300 |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 8 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 7 October 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a British aircraft, south of Iceland, March 1943[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| 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[3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (7 October 1942–1 March 1943) 3rd U-boat Flotilla (1–23 March 1943) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Emil Claussen (7 October 1942–23 March 1943) |
| Operations: | 16–25 March 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-469 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out one patrol. She sank no ships.
She was sunk by a British aircraft south of Iceland, in March 1943.[1][3]
Service history
The submarine was laid down on 1 October 1941 at the Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 300, launched on 8 August 1942 and commissioned on 7 October under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Emil Claussen.
She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 7 October 1942 for training and the 3rd flotilla from 1 March 1943 for operations.
Patrol and loss
U-432 's only patrol began with her departure from Kiel on 16 March 1943. She had just negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, when she was sunk by a British B-17 Flying Fortress of No. 206 Squadron RAF south of Iceland on the 25th.
Forty-seven men went down with U-469; there were no survivors.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kemp 1999, p. 108.
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-469". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 24 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.
- 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 VIIC boat U-469". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- U-469 at ubootwaffe.net