Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-792

Type XVIIA submarine

Displacement
367 long tons (373 t)
Length
39.05 m (128.1 ft)
Beam
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Speed
9 knots (16.7 km/h, 10.4 mph)
Complement
12

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-79216 November 1943 — 4 May 1945535 days of the war
Type XVIIA submarine Particulars
Name
U-792
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Ordered
19 June 1942
Laid down
1 December 1942
Launched
28 September 1943
Commissioned
16 November 1943
Fate
Scuttled on 4 May 1945 (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
367 long tons (373 t)
Displacement, surfaced
273 long tons (277 t)
Displacement, submerged
304 long tons (309 t)
Length
39.05 m (128.1 ft) OA
Beam
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Draught
4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Speed
9 knots (16.7 km/h, 10.4 mph)
Range
2,910 nmi (5,389 km)
Complement
12

U-792 was a Type XVIIA submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 1 December 1942. Launched on 28 September 1943, she entered service on 16 November 1943.

Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type II (Conventional coastal submarine) and was succeeded by the Type XXIII (conventional coastal submarine).

The boat displaced 273 long tons surfaced and 304 long tons submerged. She measured 39.0 m (128 ft) long with a beam of 4.5 m (15 ft). Her designed speed was 9 knots, and she carried a complement of 12.

Her main battery was two 533 mm (21.0 in) guns.

She was in commission for 535 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 4 May 1945, at 54°19′N 9°43′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
Propulsion
  • 1 × Deutz SAA SM517 supercharged 8-cylinder diesel engine, 210 PS
  • 1 × AEG Maschine AWT98 electric motor, 77 PS
  • 2 × Walter gas turbines, 5000 PS
  • 1 shaft
Armament
  • 2 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (bow)
  • 4 × torpedoes

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