German submarine U-364

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-3643 May 1943 — 29 January 1944270 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-364
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Ordered: 20 January 1941
Laid down: 12 February 1942
Launched: 21 January 1943
Commissioned: 3 May 1943
Fate: Sunk on 29 January 1944 (1944)
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-364 was a Type VIIC submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg on 12 February 1942. She entered service on 3 May 1943, having been launched on 21 January 1943.

Her class ran to 612 ships. 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 270 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 29 January 1944. 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 × torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
14 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
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-364 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.