German submarine U-1004
Service
- as U-100416 December 1943 — 9 May 1945510 days of the war
- Name
- U-1004
- Builder
- Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
- Ordered
- 14 October 1941
- Laid down
- 15 January 1943
- Launched
- 27 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 16 December 1943
- Fate
- Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Bergen, Norway
Sunk on 1 December 1945 during Operation Deadlight (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 747 long tons (759 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 846 long tons (860 t)
- Length
- 67.23 m (220.6 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-1004 was a Type VIIC/41 submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg on 15 January 1943. Launched on 27 October 1943, she entered service on 16 December 1943.
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 747 long tons surfaced and 846 long tons submerged. She measured 67.2 m (221 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 510 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 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
- 14 × torpedoes
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
- 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns
Sister ships
- French submarine Laubie
- German submarine U-1000
- German submarine U-1017
- German submarine U-1018
- German submarine U-1021
- German submarine U-1022
- German submarine U-1023
- German submarine U-1024
- German submarine U-1051
- German submarine U-1052
- German submarine U-1053
- German submarine U-1054
- German submarine U-1055
- German submarine U-1056
- German submarine U-1057
- German submarine U-1058
- German submarine U-1063
- German submarine U-1064
- German submarine U-1065
- German submarine U-1101
- German submarine U-1102
- German submarine U-1131
- German submarine U-1132
- German submarine U-1161
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-1004 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons