Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1939

German submarine U-64 (1939)

Type IXB submarine

Displacement
1,034 long tons (1,051 t)
Length
76.5 m (251 ft)
Beam
6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Speed
18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-6416 December 1939 — 13 April 1940119 days of the war
Type IXB submarine Particulars
Name
U-64
Pennant / hull number
1939
Builder
AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
16 July 1937
Laid down
15 December 1938
Launched
20 September 1939
Commissioned
16 December 1939
Fate
Sunk in 13 April 1940 in Norway by a British aircraft; eight dead and 38 survivors
By aircraft (1940)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,034 long tons (1,051 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,159 long tons (1,178 t)
Length
76.5 m (251 ft) OA
Beam
6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught
4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed
18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
Range
12,000 nmi (22,224 km)
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-64 was a Type IXB submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. Her keel was laid at AG Weser, Bremen on 15 December 1938. Launched on 20 September 1939, she entered service on 16 December 1939.

Her class ran to 14 ships. The class followed the Type IXA submarine and was succeeded by the Type IXC submarine.

The boat displaced 1,034 long tons surfaced and 1,159 long tons submerged. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 119 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 13 April 1940 by aircraft, at 68°33′N 17°33′E. 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
Armament
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
  • 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

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