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

German submarine U-160 (1941)

Type IXC submarine

German submarine U-160 (1941)
Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1941 U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. October 2005.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-16016 October 1941 — 14 July 1943636 days of the war
Type IXC submarine Particulars
Name
U-160
Pennant / hull number
1941
Builder
DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
23 December 1939
Laid down
21 November 1940
Launched
12 July 1941
Commissioned
16 October 1941
Fate
Sunk on 14 July 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
Length
76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam
6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught
4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed
18.3 knots (33.9 km/h, 21.1 mph)
Range
13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-160 was a Type IXC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 21 November 1940. She entered service on 16 October 1941, having been launched on 12 July 1941.

142 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 636 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 14 July 1943. 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
  • 4400 PS (diesels)
  • 1000 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
  • 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources