German submarine U-118 (1941)
Service
- as U-11823 September 1941 — 12 June 1943627 days of the war
- Name
- U-118
- Pennant / hull number
- 1941
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 31 January 1939
- Laid down
- 1 March 1940
- Launched
- 3 May 1941
- Commissioned
- 23 September 1941
- Fate
- Sunk on 12 June 1943 by US aircraft
By aircraft (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,735 long tons (1,763 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,143 long tons (2,177 t)
- Length
- 89.8 m (294.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.2 m (30.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.71 m (15.5 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Range
- 18,450 nmi (34,169 km)
- Complement
- 52
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
U-118 was a submarine of the Type X submarine minelayer built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 1 March 1940. She entered service on 23 September 1941, having been launched on 3 May 1941.
She was one of nine ships of her class.
The boat displaced 1,735 long tons surfaced and 2,143 long tons submerged. She measured 89.8 m (295 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots, and she carried a complement of 52.
Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.
She was in commission for 627 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 12 June 1943 by aircraft, at 30°49′N 33°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 × supercharged GW F 46 a 9 pu 9 cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines, 4800 PS
- 2 × AEG GU 720/8-287 electric motors, 1100 PS
- Armament
- 2 × 53.3 cm stern torpedo tubes
- 15 × torpedoes
- 66 × SMA mines
- 1 × 10.5 cm deck gun (200 rounds)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-118 (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: ARM2c O. L. Scholl — http://www.history.navy.mil — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons