Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-1102

Type VIIC submarine

German submarine U-1102
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-110222 February 1944 — 13 May 1945446 days of the war
Type VIIC submarine Particulars
Name
U-1102
Builder
Nordseewerke, Emden
Ordered
5 June 1941
Laid down
16 April 1943
Launched
15 January 1944
Commissioned
22 February 1944
Decommissioned
12 May 1944
Recommissioned
15 August 1944
Fate
Surrendered on 13 May 1945
Sunk on 21 December 1945 during Operation Deadlight (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, submerged
851 long tons (865 t)
Length
67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam
6.18 m (20.3 ft)
Draught
4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed
17.6 knots (32.6 km/h, 20.3 mph)
Range
8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Complement
44
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

U-1102 was a Type VIIC submarine built for the Kriegsmarine. Nordseewerke, Emden laid her keel on 16 April 1943. Launched on 15 January 1944, she entered service on 22 February 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 851 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 44.

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

She was in commission for 446 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 May 1944. She recommissioned on 15 August 1944.

She was sunk on 13 May 1945, at 56°04′N 9°35′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 × 4-stroke M6V 40/46 Germaniawerft
  • 2 x 62 batteries
  • 2 x six-cylinder supercharged 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
  • 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-1102 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