Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1010

German submarine U-1010
Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate U 995 , Naval Museum in Laboe near Kiel, Germany

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-101022 February 1944 — 14 May 1945447 days of the war
German submarine U-1010 Particulars
Name
U-1010
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Ordered
23 March 1942
Laid down
23 February 1943
Launched
5 January 1944
Commissioned
22 February 1944
Fate
Surrendered on 14 May 1945
Sunk on 7 January 1946 during Operation Deadlight (1945)
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-1010 was a submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Blohm & Voss, Hamburg laid her keel on 23 February 1943. Launched on 5 January 1944, she entered service on 22 February 1944.

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 447 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 14 May 1945, at 55°37′N 7°49′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 × electric motors
  • 2 × screws
Power
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
  • 750 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
  • 14 × torpedoes or
  • 26 × TMA or TMB Naval mines
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
  • 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns

Sources