German submarine U-794
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Name: | U-794 |
Ordered: | 7 August 1942[1] |
Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number: | 718 |
Laid down: | 1 February 1943[1] |
Launched: | 7 October 1943[1] |
Commissioned: | 14 November 1943[1] |
Fate: | Scuttled on 5 May 1945, later broken up [1] |
General characteristics [2][3] | |
Class and type: | Type XVIIA submarine |
Displacement: | 236 long tons (240 t) surfaced 259 long tons (263 t) submerged 312 long tons (317 t) total |
Length: | 36.60 m (120 ft 1 in) o/a |
Beam: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) o/a 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) pressure hull |
Draught: | 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion: | 1 × Deutz SAA SM517 supercharged 8-cylinder diesel engine, 210 hp (160 kW) 1 × AEG Maschine AWT98 electric motor, 77 hp (57 kW) 2 × Walter gas turbines, 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) 1 shaft |
Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged (electric drive) 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
Range: | 1,840 nmi (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced 76 nmi (141 km; 87 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged (electric drive) 117 nmi (217 km; 135 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
Complement: | 12 |
Armament: |
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Service record[1] | |
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Part of: |
5th U-boat Flotilla (14 November 1943–30 November 1943) 8th U-boat Flotilla (1 December 1943–14 February 1945) 5th U-boat Flotilla (15 February 1945–5 May 1945) |
Commanders: |
Oblt.z.S. Werner Klug (14 November 1943–31 August 1944) |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
U-794 was a Type XVIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was one of a small number of U-boats fitted with Hellmuth Walter's high test peroxide propulsion system, which offered a combination of air-independent propulsion and high submerged speeds. She spent the war as a trials vessel and was scuttled on 5 May 1945 in Gelting Bay.
U-794 was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel. The keel was laid down on 1 February 1943, the boat was launched on 7 October. She was commissioned on 14 November. The Feldpost Number was M 52 496.
U-794 did not undertake any combat patrols and was instead assigned as a trials boat at first to the 5th U-boat Flotilla, followed by the 8th U-boat Flotilla, before returning to the 5th flotilla for the rest of the war. In late March 1944, Admiral Karl Dönitz and four other admirals took part in a trial of U-794. Although they were enthusiastic, the boat, designed for high underwater speed (over 20 m.p.h.) was difficult to manoeuvre, and the keel to beam ratio was too high.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XVIIA boat U-794". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type XVIIA Walter boats". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ↑ "This page contains details on the German U-Boat Type III, Type IV, Type V, Type VI, Type VIII, Type XI, Type XII, Type XIII, XV, XVI, VB60, V80, U-179, XVII.". www.sharkhunters.com. Retrieved 20 April 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.
- "U-Boat Operations of the Second World War: Vol. 2: Career histories, U511-UIT25" by Kenneth Wynn, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1998.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Type XVIIA Walter boats". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- "Details on the German U-Boat Type III, Type IV, Type V, Type VI, Type VIII, Type XI, Type XII, Type XIII, XV, XVI, VB60, V80, U-179, XVII.". www.sharkhunters.com. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type XVIIA boat U-794". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
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