Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-710

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-710
NSA — http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ultra/SRH-009/SRH009-5.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate A Type VIIC uboat.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-7102 September 1942 — 24 April 1943234 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-710
Builder
H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Ordered
15 August 1940
Laid down
4 June 1941
Launched
12 May 1942
Commissioned
2 September 1942
Fate
Sunk on 24 April 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)
Complement
44
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

U-710 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg on 4 June 1941. Launched on 12 May 1942, she entered service on 2 September 1942.

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, and she carried a complement of 44.

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

She was in commission for 234 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 24 April 1943, at 61°25′N 19°48′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
  • 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
  • 750 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
  • 14 × torpedoes
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 2 × twin 2 cm anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-710 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