Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1058

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-1058
UK Government — This photograph A 16040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate U 570, a Type VIIC submarine.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-105810 June 1944 — 10 May 1945334 days of the war
  2. Soviet Navy as S-8213 February 1946 — 25 March 1958
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-1058
Builder
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Ordered
5 June 1941
Laid down
2 August 1943
Launched
11 May 1944
Commissioned
10 June 1944
Fate
Stricken on 25 March 1958 and broken up (1958)
Status
Scrapped

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)
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

U-1058 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel laid her keel on 2 August 1943. She entered service on 10 June 1944, having been launched on 11 May 1944.

Her class ran to 612 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

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.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as U-1058 until 10 May 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as S-82 from 13 February 1946. She was in commission for 334 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 25 March 1958.

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 (four bow, one stern)
  • 14 × torpedoes or
  • 26 TMA mines
  • 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
  • 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-1058 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: UK Government — This photograph A 16040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons