German submarine U-301

Type VIIC submarine

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-3019 May 1942 — 21 January 1943257 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-301
Builder: Flender Werke, Lübeck
Ordered: 6 August 1940
Laid down: 12 February 1941
Launched: 25 March 1942
Commissioned: 9 May 1942
Fate: Sunk, 21 January 1943 (1943)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged: 857 long tons (871 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught: 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

U-301 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Flender Werke, Lübeck on 12 February 1941. Launched on 25 March 1942, she entered service on 9 May 1942.

She was one of 612 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 257 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 21 January 1943, at 41°27′N 7°04′E. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors.
Power: 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
750 PS (electric)
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 x 2 cm C/30 AA gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-301 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: NSA — http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ultra/SRH-009/SRH009-5.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons