Kriegsmarine — Submarine
German submarine U-1002
Service
- as U-100230 November 1943 — 9 May 1945528 days of the war
German submarine U-1002
Particulars
- Name
- U-1002
- Builder
- Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
- Ordered
- 14 October 1941
- Laid down
- 4 January 1943
- Launched
- 6 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 30 November 1943
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945
Sunk on 13 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-1002 was a submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 4 January 1943. Launched on 6 October 1943, she entered service on 30 November 1943.
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 528 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 9 May 1945, at 56°10′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 or
- 26 × TMA or TMB Naval mines
- 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-1002 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons