Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1941

German submarine U-135 (1941)

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement
757 long tons (769 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-13516 August 1941 — 15 July 1943698 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-135
Pennant / hull number
1941
Builder
Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Ordered
7 August 1939
Laid down
16 September 1940
Launched
12 June 1941
Commissioned
16 August 1941
Fate
Sunk, 15 July 1943 (1943)
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
4.72 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-135 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack on 16 September 1940. She entered service on 16 August 1941, having been launched on 12 June 1941.

She was one of 612 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 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.

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

She was in commission for 698 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 15 July 1943, at 28°20′N 13°17′W. The wreck survives.

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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)
  • 1 × 2 cm Flak 38 gun

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources