German submarine U-1061
- Displacement
- 1,067 long tons (1,084 t)
- Length
- 77.63 m (254.7 ft)
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Speed
- 17.6 knots (32.6 km/h, 20.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
Service
- as U-106125 August 1943 — 9 May 1945623 days of the war
- Name
- U-1061
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 25 August 1941
- Laid down
- 21 August 1942
- Launched
- 22 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 August 1943
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945
Scuttled on 1 December 1945 during Operation Deadlight (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,067 long tons (1,084 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,162 long tons (1,181 t)
- Length
- 77.63 m (254.7 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Draught
- 4.91 m (16.1 ft)
- Speed
- 17.6 knots (32.6 km/h, 20.3 mph)
- Range
- 14,700 nmi (27,224 km)
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
U-1061 was a Type VIIF submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 21 August 1942. She entered service on 25 August 1943, having been launched on 22 April 1943.
She was one of 21 ships of her class. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 1,067 long tons surfaced and 1,162 long tons submerged. She measured 77.6 m (255 ft) long with a beam of 7.3 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 17.6 knots.
Her main battery was one 37 mm (1.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 623 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 9 May 1945. 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 (4 bow, 1 stern)
- 14 × torpedoes or up to 40 in transport role
- 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 anti-aircraft gun (1,195 rounds)
- 2 × 2 cm Flak anti-aircraft guns (4,380 rounds)
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1059
- German submarine U-1060
- German submarine U-1062
- German submarine U-213
- German submarine U-214
- German submarine U-215
- German submarine U-216
- German submarine U-217
- German submarine U-218
- German submarine U-27 (1936)
- German submarine U-28 (1936)
- German submarine U-29 (1936)
- German submarine U-30 (1936)
- German submarine U-31 (1936)
- German submarine U-32 (1937)
- German submarine U-33 (1936)
- German submarine U-34 (1936)
- German submarine U-35 (1936)
- German submarine U-36 (1936)
- German submarine U-380
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-1061 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.