German submarine U-102 (1940)
Service
- as U-10227 April 1940 — 1 July 194065 days of the war
- Name
- U-102
- Pennant / hull number
- 1940
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 15 December 1937
- Laid down
- 22 May 1939
- Launched
- 21 March 1940
- Commissioned
- 27 April 1940
- Fate
- Sunk on 1 July 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 741 long tons (753 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 843 long tons (857 t)
- Length
- 66.5 m (218.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 17.9 knots (33.2 km/h, 20.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,700 nmi (16,112 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-102 was a Type VIIB submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 22 May 1939. Launched on 21 March 1940, she entered service on 27 April 1940.
24 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 741 long tons surfaced and 843 long tons submerged. She measured 66.5 m (218 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.9 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 65 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 1 July 1940, at 48°33′N 10°26′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 bow torpedo tubes
- 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun with 220 rounds
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-101 (1940)
- German submarine U-45 (1938)
- German submarine U-46 (1938)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-48 (1939)
- German submarine U-49 (1939)
- German submarine U-50 (1939)
- German submarine U-51 (1938)
- German submarine U-52 (1938)
- German submarine U-53 (1939)
- German submarine U-54 (1939)
- German submarine U-55 (1939)
- German submarine U-73 (1940)
- German submarine U-74 (1940)
- German submarine U-75 (1940)
- German submarine U-76 (1940)
- German submarine U-83 (1940)
- German submarine U-84 (1941)
- German submarine U-85 (1941)
- German submarine U-86 (1941)
- German submarine U-87 (1941)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-102 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: UK Government — http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons