Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1940

German submarine U-105 (1940)

Type IXB submarine

German submarine U-105 (1940)
Royal Navy official photographer — http://www.history.navy.mil — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1940 U-110 was captured by HM Ships Bulldog, Broadway and Arbretia

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-10510 September 1940 — 2 June 1943995 days of the war
Type IXB submarine Particulars
Name
U-105
Pennant / hull number
1940
Builder
DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen
Ordered
24 May 1938
Laid down
16 November 1939
Launched
15 June 1940
Commissioned
10 September 1940
Fate
Sunk on 2 June 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,034 long tons (1,051 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,159 long tons (1,178 t)
Length
76.5 m (251 ft) OA
Beam
6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught
4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed
18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
Range
12,000 nmi (22,224 km)
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-105 was a Type IXB submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen on 16 November 1939. Launched on 15 June 1940, she entered service on 10 September 1940.

She was one of 14 ships of her class. The class followed the Type IXA submarine and was succeeded by the Type IXC submarine.

The boat displaced 1,034 long tons surfaced and 1,159 long tons submerged. She measured 76.5 m (251 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 995 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 2 June 1943. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern)
  • 22 × torpedoes or 44 TMA mines
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
  • 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

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