German submarine U-546
- Displacement
- 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
Service
- as U-5463 June 1943 — 24 April 1945691 days of the war
- Name
- U-546
- Builder
- Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder
- Ordered
- 5 June 1941
- Laid down
- 6 August 1942
- Launched
- 17 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 3 June 1943
- Fate
- Sunk on 24 April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,237 long tons (1,257 t)
- Length
- 76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.86 m (22.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.67 m (15.3 ft)
- Speed
- 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
- Range
- 13,850 nmi (25,650 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
U-546 was a Type IXC/40 submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 6 August 1942. She entered service on 3 June 1943, having been launched on 17 March 1943.
She was one of 142 ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.
The boat displaced 1,126 long tons surfaced and 1,237 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.9 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 691 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 24 April 1945, at 43°53′N 40°07′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 4400 PS (diesels)
- 1000 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
- 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1221
- German submarine U-1222
- German submarine U-1223
- German submarine U-1224
- German submarine U-1225
- German submarine U-1226
- German submarine U-1227
- German submarine U-1228
- German submarine U-1229
- German submarine U-1230
- German submarine U-1231
- German submarine U-1232
- German submarine U-1233
- German submarine U-1234
- German submarine U-1235
- German submarine U-125 (1940)
- German submarine U-126 (1940)
- German submarine U-127 (1941)
- German submarine U-128 (1941)
- German submarine U-129 (1941)
- German submarine U-130 (1941)
- German submarine U-131 (1941)
- German submarine U-153 (1941)
- German submarine U-154 (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-546 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.