German submarine U-865
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-865 |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1941 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1073 |
| Laid down: | 5 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 12 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1943 |
| Fate: | Sank due to unknown causes after 9 September 1944 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced 1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 63 nmi (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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German submarine U-865 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during the Second World War. She was laid down in Bremen, Germany on 5 January 1943, and launched on 12 July 1943.
She had one commander, Oberleutnant zur See Dietrich Stellmacher, for her two patrols.[2][3] She had a crew complement of 59.
She did not sink any shipping on her two patrols, and went missing after leaving Trondheim in Norway on 9 September 1944, with all hands lost.
In late June/ early July 1944, she was attacked by an RAF B-24 Liberator, which did some damage to her, however she in turn did some damage to the attacking aircraft with the submarine's flak gun, setting the aircraft on fire. Both the U-boat and aircraft were forced to return to their respective bases.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, pp. 105-7.
- ↑ Dietrich Stellmacher on uboat.net
- ↑
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC/40 boat U-865". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ F.d.U./B.d.U.'S War Log1 - 15 July 1944, p 412 http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB30350.htm
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 IXC/40 boat U-865". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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