Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1272
Service
- as U-127228 January 1944 — 10 May 1945468 days of the war
German submarine U-1272
Particulars
- Name
- U-1272
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack
- Ordered
- 23 March 1942
- Laid down
- 31 May 1943
- Launched
- 23 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 28 January 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered on 10 May 1945
Sunk on 8 December 1945 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-1272 was a submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack laid her keel on 31 May 1943. Launched on 23 December 1943, she entered service on 28 January 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 468 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 10 May 1945, at 55°50′N 10°05′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
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-1272 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons