Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1308

Displacement
747 long tons (759 t)
Length
67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-130817 January 1945 — 1 May 1945104 days of the war
German submarine U-1308 Particulars
Name
U-1308
Builder
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Ordered
1 August 1942
Laid down
16 February 1944
Launched
22 November 1944
Commissioned
17 January 1945
Fate
Scuttled on 1 May 1945
Raised in February 1953, broken up at Neptun Dockyard, Rostock (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
747 long tons (759 t)
Displacement, submerged
846 long tons (860 t)
Length
67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught
4.72 m (15.5 ft)
Speed
17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range
8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

U-1308 was a submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft laid her keel on 16 February 1944. Launched on 22 November 1944, she entered service on 17 January 1945.

The boat displaced 747 long tons surfaced and 846 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.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 104 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 1 May 1945, at 54°48′N 9°26′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
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
  • 750 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
  • 14 × torpedoes
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • various AA guns

Sources