German submarine U-310

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement: 757 long tons (769 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-31024 February 1943 — 9 May 1945805 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-310
Builder: Flender Werke, Lübeck
Ordered: 5 June 1941
Laid down: 30 January 1942
Launched: 3 January 1943
Commissioned: 24 February 1943
Fate: Surrendered on 9 May 1945, broken up in March 1947 (1945)
Status: Scrapped

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-310 was a Type VIIC submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Flender Werke, Lübeck on 30 January 1942. She entered service on 24 February 1943, having been launched on 3 January 1943.

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 805 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 9 May 1945.

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)
2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-310 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.