German submarine U-520
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-520 |
| Ordered: | 14 February 1940 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 335 |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 2 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 19 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 30 October 1942[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type: | Type IXC submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) o/a 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW 2 GU 345/34 double acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: | 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced 7.7 knots (14.3 km/h; 8.9 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 13,450 nmi (24,910 km; 15,480 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 64 nautical miles (119 km; 74 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 48 to 56 |
| Armament: |
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| Service record[3][4] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
4th U-boat Flotilla (19 May–30 September 1942) 2nd U-boat Flotilla (1–30 October 1942) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Volkmar Schwartzkopff (19 May 1942–30 October 1942) |
| Operations: | 1st patrol: 3–30 October 1942 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-520 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 1 July 1941 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 335, launched on 2 March 1942 and commissioned on 19 May 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Volkmar Schwartzkopff. After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla, she was transferred to the 2nd flotilla for front-line service on 1 October 1942.
Service history
U-520 sailed from Kiel on 3 October 1942, she negotiated the gap between the Faeroe and Shetland Islands and then turned west toward Cape Farewell, (the southern tip of Greenland). After a brief journey in the direction of Iceland, she headed southwest, then south, before being sunk east of Newfoundland in position 47°47′N 49°50′W / 47.783°N 49.833°WCoordinates: 47°47′N 49°50′W / 47.783°N 49.833°W by depth charges from a Canadian Douglas Digby light bomber of No. 10 Squadron RCAF. All of her 53 crew members did not survive the sinking.[3][5]
In January 2006 an article in the Edmonton Journal reported that a team of divers planned to search for U-520 and another U-boat, U-190.
References
- ↑ Kemp 1999, p. 94.
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 105-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC boat U-520". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "War Patrols by German U-boat U-520". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-520 from 3 Oct 1942 to 30 Oct 1942". U-boat patrols - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
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 IXC boat U-520". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- U-520 at ubootwaffe.net
- "Alberta diver to search for WWII U-boats off East Coast". canada.com. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
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