Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine S-170

German submarine U-2365

Type XXIII submarine

German submarine U-2365
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Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-23652 March 1945 — 8 May 194567 days of the war
  2. Kriegsmarine as Hai15 August 1957 — 14 September 1966
Type XXIII submarine Particulars
Name
U-2365
Pennant / hull number
S-170
Builder
Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
Ordered
20 September 1944
Laid down
6 December 1944
Launched
26 January 1945
Commissioned
2 March 1945
Fate
Sunk on 14 September 1966, raised on 19 September 1966 and broken up (1966)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
230 long tons (234 t)
Displacement, submerged
254 long tons (258 t)
Length
34.68 m (113.8 ft) OA
Beam
3.02 m (9.9 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
9.7 knots (18 km/h, 11.2 mph)
Range
2,600 nmi (4,815 km)
Complement
14

U-2365 was a Type XXIII submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number S-170. Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg laid her keel on 6 December 1944. Launched on 26 January 1945, she entered service on 2 March 1945.

She was one of 62 ships of her class. The class followed the Type II submarine (Conventional coastal submarine) and was succeeded by the Type 201 coastal submarine.

The boat displaced 230 long tons surfaced and 254 long tons submerged. She measured 34.7 m (114 ft) long with a beam of 3.0 m (10 ft). Her designed speed was 9.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 14.

Her main battery was two 533 mm (21.0 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-2365 until 8 May 1945. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as Hai from 15 August 1957. She was in commission for 67 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 14 September 1966.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 1 × MWM RS134S 6-cylinder diesel engine
  • 1 × AEG GU4463-8 double-acting electric motor
  • 1 × BBC CCR188 electric creeping motor
Power
  • 575 - 630 PS (diesel drive)
  • 580 PS (standard electric drive)
  • 35 PS (silent electric drive)
Armament
  • 2 × 53.3 cm bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × torpedoes

Sister ships

37 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-2365 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive — CC BY-SA 3.0 de — Wikimedia Commons