Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1016

German submarine U-1016
Darkone — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate U 995 , Naval Museum in Laboe near Kiel, Germany

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-10164 April 1944 — 5 May 1945396 days of the war
German submarine U-1016 Particulars
Name
U-1016
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Ordered
23 March 1942
Laid down
2 April 1943
Launched
8 February 1944
Commissioned
4 April 1944
Fate
Scuttled on 5 May 1945 (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-1016 was a submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 2 April 1943. She entered service on 4 April 1944, having been launched on 8 February 1944.

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 396 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 5 May 1945. 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

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